A Project Manager’s Book of Tools and Techniques

It was a wonderful experience working on this book. I have worked in project management a long time and there are still tools and techniques I needed to research. It is so great to always have new things to learn!

I was fortunate to have Richard Avery as my technical editor. His input helped make this book more approachable. His technical and interpersonal skills are among the best. Richard, I appreciate your feedback and more importantly, your friendship.

My passion for project management was only heightened by working with my team members on the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition. My vice chair, David Hillson, helped me with many of the quantitative risk techniques in this book. I have brought my perspective to them, so for any risk gurus out there, any errors are on me, not David.

Larkland Brown and Guy Schleffer helped me with the Agile forms. They are masters at working in both the traditional and Agile worlds. Lovely Lynda Bourne is the go-to person for anything having to do with Stakeholder Engagement. I always appreciate her generous input and support.

Mercedes, Alejandro, Pan, Gwen, Mike, Kristin, and Roberta—your voices are always in the back of my mind when I write. Thank you for a wonderful experience in developing the Sixth Edition.

I so appreciate the support, friendship, and love from my husband, Dexter Dionisio. You make every day a joy.

The wonderful folks at Wiley are always a delight to work with. I feel so fortunate to have Margaret Cummins as an editor and a friend. Kalli Schultea, Lauren Freestone, Lauren Olesky, and Kerstin Nasdeo are wonderfully supportive. I am grateful for all you do.

I appreciate Donn Greenburg, Barbara Walsh, Amy Goretzky, and Roberta Storer for the work you all do to support this book and the other publications we work on together.

Thank you to all who purchase this book. I hope it brings clarity and understanding to the multiple tools and techniques we use to manage projects. May all your projects have a CPI of 1.0!