Acknowledgments

I’d like to thank Vanina for an outstanding job writing this book. She was a lifesaver and bore the brunt of the work. I enjoyed seeing how she gave the content a fresh face, and her illustrations are terrific. (Don’t tell her, but I may borrow a few of them for future reference.) It was a pleasure to work with Vanina. She was a real trouper through some of the rough starts and stops we had deciding what the content should look like. I hope we have the opportunity to work together again in the future.

I also echo Vanina’s thanks to Jeff Kellum, senior acquisitions editor. This book, and the boxed set, was his brainchild. I always enjoy the opportunity to work with Jeff and all the great staff at Sybex.

I also want to thank Neil Edde, vice president and publisher at Sybex, for taking that leap of faith on a crazy project management study guide idea way back when. Thanks, Neil.

Sara Barry, development editor, is the best. She had some great suggestions that improved the content and kept us on track with deadlines just like a seasoned project manager.

Thanks to Terri Wagner, technical editor, for her help on this project. Terri is the president of Mentor Source, Inc., and conducts training classes all over the globe. Her perspective on the content and what she hears in real-life classroom situations helped us to make the content relevant and clear.

A special thank you to Brett Feddersen for the final technical edit of the book and his eagle-eye review. I have had the pleasure of working with Brett for many years, and he is an outstanding leader and project manager and a true friend.

A very big thanks goes to all of the instructors who use my books in their classrooms. I appreciate you choosing Sybex and my books to help your students master PMP concepts. Thank you also to all of the readers who choose this book to help them study for the PMP® exam.

—Kim Heldman

To start, thank you to the team at Sybex who devoted a great deal of effort toward making this review guide come together successfully. It is incredible to see the amount of teamwork and effort that goes into the making of a book. The process is certainly thorough, and there are many people not named here who were key to producing a solid product. Once again, thanks to all of you!

I’d like to thank Kim Heldman for the opportunity of working together on this book. It was wonderful to see that your live personality is just as dynamic, warm, and welcoming as your written voice. I had a blast getting to know your work in such a detailed way, and I am a bigger fan than ever!

Thank you to Jeff Kellum, our senior acquisitions editor, who saw the value of this book and whose great and supportive personality always comes through on the phone and in email. I appreciate you welcoming me to the Sybex family, and it is always a sincere pleasure working with you.

A tremendous thank you to Sara Barry, development editor. With your guidance and feedback, we were able to take this book to the next level, and I am thrilled with the result! You ensured that everything stayed on course, and your recommendations were valuable and instrumental in creating this finished product. It was absolutely wonderful having an opportunity to work with you.

Thank you to Terri Wagner, technical editor, whose sharp eyes made sure that we were on the ball. You were a key contributor in making sure the information was accurate and clearly communicated, and your knowledge of the field is very clear.

A special thanks to the individuals who are such a big part of my life and who have always impacted me in a magnificent way. This includes my family: Nicolas Mangano, Marysil Mangano, Nicolas Mangano, Jr., Carina Moncrief and her husband, Jonathan Moncrief, and my beautiful nieces—you mean everything to me! Thank you to Al Smith, Jr., my partner in all things, who is supportive and an inspiration to me—I enjoy all of our adventures and accomplishments together! And finally, thank you to Roshoud Brown, who always encouraged me to write and inspired me with his own words.

—Vanina Mangano

We both would like to thank Judy Flynn, copyeditor, who made sure grammar and spelling were picture perfect; Paul Sagan and Jeff Holt, proofreaders, for catching those last little “oops,” and Eric Charbonneau, production editor, who made sure everything flowed through the production process. Thanks also to our compositor, Craig W. Johnson, and the indexer, Ted Laux. The book couldn’t happen without them.

—The Authors