ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Books, like projects, are never done alone.

Thank you to Kevin Haney for his technical editing and commitment to quality work. Thank you, as well, to my friend and editor Tim Green, for his guidance on this book and others. Thanks, Tim, for the phone calls, encouragement, and willingness to let me bounce ideas off you—I’m lucky to count you among my friends. Thank you, Stephanie Evans, for her management and organization of this book and others. 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 that 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 Jo, Andy, and Michael Diaczyk; Greg and Mary Huebner; Jonathan Acosta; John Texada; Brett and Julie Barnett; Don “Just Publish It Already” Kuhnle; Greg Kirkland; my Sarasota pals; and all my clients. Finally, thanks to my parents, Don and Virginia Phillips, and my old, old brothers, Steve, Mark, Sam, and Ben.