Errata Sheet Ultimate Guide to Practical Project

Management UT Version
June 20, 2009
Version 1.0
This errata sheet will address corrects to errors and omissions in areas where the
fundamental understanding of information in the Ultimate Guide to Practical Project
anagement ma! a"ect the student#s understanding of the material in relation to
stud! for the PP e$am. %&elling errors ha'e not (een addressed in 'ersion 1.0, as
these errors should not a"ect understanding of the information. %&elling errors will
(e addressed in a future 'ersion of the UPP Guide.
There are some general comments and some s&eci)c changes as indicated (elow.
General Comments:
*n some sections of the (oo+, ,-nter&rise -n'ironmental .actors/ or ,-nter&rise
-n'ironmental .actors U&dates/ ha'e erroneousl! had the ,s/ left o" of the term.
This will (e corrected in a future &rinting of the UPP Guide.
*n some sections of the (oo+, ,0rgani1ational Process 2ssets/ or ,0rgani1ational
Process 2ssets U&dates/ ha'e erroneousl! had the ,s/ left o" of the term. This will
(e corrected in a future &rinting of the UPP Guide.
*n the &rocess of ,3etermine 4udget/ 5 the te$t uses interchangea(le terms for the
6ost Performance 4aseline. 6ost 4aseline, Performance anagement 4aseline can
also (e su(stituted interchangea(l!. 7hen using these terms as &art of -arned
Value Techni8ue, this can also mean the 426 5 4udget at 6om&letion.
Specifc UPPM Guide Update Inormation:
Page 199 *n:uencing the 0rgani1ation. *n the )rst sentence it states that this is the
,)nal inter&ersonal s+ills used (! the &roject manager/. This is incorrectl! stated
and refers to a &re'ious document. This is one of the eight inter&ersonal s+ills used
(! the &roject manager.
Pages 1;<109 *nter&ersonal %+ills. The P40= Guide .ourth -dition cites eight
inter&ersonal s+ills. Please refer to 2&&endi$ G in the P40= Guide for s&eci)c
details for each &rocess. The additional inter&ersonal s+ills not cited in the UPP
Guide are9
< Team 4uilding
< 3ecision a+ing
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Page ?@ ust =now 6once&ts. The italici1ed te$t immediatel! under the header
refers to ,*tems 22<2; are general conce&ts/. This should read ,*tems 12<1; are
general conce&ts/.
Page A09 Plan 6ommunications. *n &aragra&h two the te$t refers to ,si$ +e!
inter&ersonal s+ills/. 2s indicated a(o'e, the conce&t of si$ inter&ersonal s+ills has
(een re&laced with the u&dated conce&t of ha'ing eight inter&ersonal s+ills.
Page 1BC9 -stimate 2cti'it! Desources. *n the last sentence of &aragra&h three, the
te$t ma+es reference to ,2cti'it! 3uration -stimating/. This refers to the old
naming con'ention for this &rocess. The &rocess is currentl! called ,-stimate
2cti'it! Desources/.
Page 1BC9 -stimate 2cti'it! Desources. 2 cha&ter num(er (o$ erroneousl! a&&ears
on this &age on the right hand margin. Please disregard.
Page 1?19 -stimate 2cti'it! 3urations. 2t the (ottom of the &age the P-DT formula
is erroneousl! e$&ressed. This should (e e$&ressed as9 - E F0 G BH G PI J ?.
Page 1A29 -stimate 6osts. *n the side(ar sentence on this &age, the te$t refers to
,-stimating 6osts/. This &rocess is currentl! called ,-stimate 6osts/ and should (e
referred to in this manner.
Page 2CC9 2dditional Deading. The additional reading assignment erroneousl!
refers to the P40= K Guide Third -dition. Please refer to sections C.0 and C.1 in
the P40=K Guide .ourth -dition.
Page 2C;9 Plan Dis+ anagement. The &rocess ta(le gra&hic at the (ottom of the
&age has an erroneous descri&tion for this &rocess. The Plan Dis+ anagement
&rocess should (e descri(ed as ,This &rocess determines a&&roaches and
&rocedures for &roject ris+ management/.
Page @A19 onitor and 6ontrol Dis+s. The Process -lement descri&tions are missing
in this section. Please use this information.
The onitor and 6ontrol Dis+s &rocess has the following *n&uts9
Dis+ Degister < Hist of identi)ed ris+s
Project anagement Plan < The consolidated &ac+age of the su(sidiar!
management &lans and (aselines which contains the ris+ management &lan
7or+ Performance *nformation < Project &erformance related to deli'era(le
status, schedule &rogress, and costs incurred
Performance De&orts < %<cur'es, (ar charts, ta(les, histograms, etc. that
summari1e &roject &erformance
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The onitor and 6ontrol Dis+s &rocess uses the following Tools L Techni8ues9
Dis+ 2ssessment < Mew ris+ identi)cation, and fre8uent reassessment of
e$isting ris+s
Dis+ 2udits < -$amination and documentation of the e"ecti'eness of ris+
res&onses and ris+ management &rocesses
Variance and Trend 2nal!sis < -$amination of &roject trends to hel& determine
the im&act of threatsJo&&ortunities
Technical Performance easurement < 6om&arison of &lanned technical
accom&lishments to actual achie'ements
Deser'e 2nal!sis < 3etermining a&&ro&riate amount of contingenc! reser'e to
com&ensate for &roject ris+
%tatus eetings < T!&icall!, ris+ management is an agenda item at each
&roject status meeting
The onitor and 6ontrol Dis+s &rocess has the following 0ut&ut9
Dis+ Degister U&dates< u&dates to the list of identi)ed ris+s
0rgani1ational Process 2ssets U&dates < U&dates to tem&lates, D4%, lessons
learned
6hange De8uests < Decommended correcti'e actions and recommended
&re'enti'e actions
Project anagement Plan U&dates < U&dates to the Project anagement Plan
as a result of this &rocess s&eci)call! the ris+ management &lan
Project 3ocument U&dates < U&dates to other &roject documentation Ni.e. &lan
ris+ res&onsesO

Page @9B9 6ontrol %chedule. The )rst sentence refers to the old naming con'ention
,%chedule 6ontrol/. This current &rocess name is ,6ontrol %chedule/.
Page B@?9 Verif! %co&e. The gra&hic ta(le for this &rocess has a missing in&ut. The
te$t a(o'e re:ects that ,Validated 3eli'era(les/ is an in&ut to Verif! %co&e. This
in&ut should (e added to the ta(le.
Page @CC9 2dminister Procurements. 2t the to& of &age @CC there are two errors,
)rst of all the (ullet format is incorrect. 2ll (ullets should ha'e the same
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indentation. *n addition, the )nal (ullet ,6lose Project/ refers to a &rocess. This
(ullet should correctl! read ,6lose Project or Phase/.
Page B;09 6lose Project or Phase. The gra&hic ta(le for this &rocess lists the
second in&ut as ,2cce&t 3eli'era(les/. *n the te$t on &age B?9, this is correctl!
listed as ,2cce&ted 3eli'era(les/ and should (e changed to re:ect this in the
gra&hic ta(le.
Specifc UPPM Guide !uestion and "ns#er $ption Updates:
Page 112<?39 The answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,The &roject charter, &roject
sco&e management &lan and Preliminar! Project %co&e %tatement ser'e as in&uts to
the sco&e de)nition &rocess/. This answer o&tion should (e re'ised to read, ,The
Project 6harter and De8uirements 3ocumentation ser'ice as in&uts to the 3e)ne
%co&e &rocess/.
Page 112<;29 The answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,Tools and Techni8ues used to
su&&ort the sco&e de)nition &rocess/. This answer o&tion should (e re'ised to
read, ,Tools and Techni8ues used to su&&ort the 3e)ne %co&e &rocess/.
Page 119<@9 The 8uestion currentl! reads, ,6reate 74% in&uts include which of the
followingP/ This 8uestion should (e re'ised to read, ,6reate 74% in&uts includes all
of the following, exceptP/
Page 1?;<@29 The answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,2cti'it! duration estimates,
&roject management u&dates/. This answer o&tion should (e re'ised to read,
,2cti'it! 3uration -stimates, &roject document u&dates/.
Page 1;?<249 This answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,-$&lore the feasi(ilit! of
resource le'eling. 4ut his can result in higher costs andJor greater ris+/. This
answer o&tion should (e re'ised to read, ,-$&lore the feasi(ilit! of resource
le'eling. 4ut this ma! result in higher costs andJor greater ris+/.
Page 201<C69 This answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,-'aluation criteria/. This answer
o&tion should (e re'ised to read, ,%ource %election 6riteria/.
Page 2?2<B29 This answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,Plan Dis+ anagement, *dentif!
Dis+, Perform Qualitati'e Dis+ 2nal!sis, Perform Quantitati'e Dis+ 2nal!sis, Perform
Dis+ Des&onse Planning, onitor and 6ontrol Dis+s/. This answer o&tion should (e
re'ised to read, ,Plan Dis+ anagement, *dentif! Dis+, Perform Qualitati'e Dis+
2nal!sis, Perform Quantitati'e Dis+ 2nal!sis, Plan Dis+ Des&onses, onitor and
6ontrol Dis+s/.
Page @B1<@49 This answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,Decommended correcti'e
actions/. This answer o&tion should (e re'ised to read, ,6hange De8uests/.
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Page B1@<19 This 8uestions currentl! reads, ,0f the following statements, which
(est descri(es the intended a&&lication of the control cost &rocessP/ This 8uestion
should (e re'ised to read, ,0f the following statements, which (est descri(es the
intended a&&lication of the 6ontrol 6osts &rocessP/
Page B2@<229 This answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,2&&ro'ed andJor 'alidated defect
re&air/. This answer o&tion should (e re'ised to read, , Project document u&dates/.
Page BB0<269 This answer o&tion currentl! reads, ,3eli'era(les/. This answer
o&tion should (e re'ised to read, ,Validated deli'era(les/.
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