ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Books, like projects, are never done alone.

Thank you to Wendy Rinaldi for all of your help, great conversations, and guidance on this book and others. Thank you, Claire Yee, for your management and organization of this book—you are fantastic. Thank you to Jody McKenzie for your keen eye, attention to detail, and for all your hours and help. Lisa Theobald, thank you for helping me be a better writer. Thank you to Production Supervisor Jim Kussow for his work on this book. Thanks also to the production teams at McGraw-Hill Professional and Cenveo Publisher Services for your hard work in making this book a success.

I would also like to thank the hundreds of folks who have attended my PMP Boot Camps over the past couple of years. Your questions, conversations, and recommendations have helped me write a better book. A big thank you to my friends Greg and Mary Huebner, Jonathan Acosta, Brett and Julie Barnett, Don “Just Publish It Already” Kuhnle, Greg Kirkland, Beatrice Best, my Sarasota pals, Monica Morgan, and all my clients. Thank you also to my friends and in-laws Bernie and Alice Morgan. Finally, thanks to my parents, Don and Virginia Phillips, and my old, old brothers, Steve, Mark, Sam, and Ben.