You may already know that I purchased the Project Management PrepCast™ shortly after it was released last year by Cornelius Fitchner, the host of the Project Management Podcast. I enjoy the product immensely, as audio is a good format for me to learn. The focus is on understanding the concepts internally, so that you know this stuff instead of rote memorization. There are several updates that have been made since I first became a customer and wrote about it, and I would like to share those with you now.

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I’m studying for the PMP exam, so you may be getting some PMI-isms coming your way for a little while.

I’m using the PMPrepcast to study, and I actually found one point to disagree with Cornelius Fitchner on today! (That doesn’t usually happen!)

In the Scope Control podcast, he talks about the “updates to the scope baseline” as being redundant, since the process also produces updates to all 3 components that make up the scope baseline:

1. WBS
2. WBS Dictionary
3. Scope Statement

I disagree that the “scope baseline update” is redundant.

Although the scope baseline is comprised of these three things, it is actually a separate entity itself. It specifies the exact version of each of these three components that make it up. And, it should be configuration controlled just like it’s constituent pieces, requiring customer approval for change.

If you have any background in software development, this analogy may help. When you make updates to several modules within a software application, those updates result in new versions of the modules, and collectively those changes result in a new version release of the software application. Even though the sum of the module updates exactly equals the sum total of changes to the overall application, there is no pointer or index for the changes without the version control on the application itself.

Let me know if you disagree, I’m open to new information!

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Cornelius Fichtner, PMP from the The Project Management PrepCast™ and the The Project Management Podcast™ has graciously offered up a free subscription for me to give away. I am a subscriber to the PrepCast, and it is a great value. I wrote a testimonial here. Here’s how to win.

You have until November 1, 2007 to post a (thought out) comment to any blog entry on this website with your first name, last name, and email address. I will review the comments at that time and announce the winner with a blog post and a notification email. Comments that do not relate to the blog post may not be counted, at my discretion. I will share the winner’s name and email address with Cornelius so he can email you with the details.

Find a past post that appeals to you and share some good feedback. Good luck everyone!

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