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#29774: Title Page is missing (in contrast to other pragmatic books), sometimes the footer is missing (with link to erratum report)--Rene Fueger

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#30586: Final line: What jumps out _at_ you as being required--Andreas Scherer

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#30300: "Requirements" is not exactly the correct term for the charter template. It should be "Driver" or something like that. The key is to talk abou...more...
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#29194: Hi,

I'm missing the mentioned templates on this website.

(Page 15: "All the templates in this book are also online, at the book--Ralf Hessmann

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#29201: Project templates mentioned in the book cannot be found in the book's website. Please make them available as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Jay--Jay

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08-Jun-07
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#29202: Incorrect sentence in the last paragraph on page 20

What jumps out as you as being required for your project

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#30587: First paragraph: they realize not only _that they are_ accountable for their part--Andreas Scherer

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#29224: "Who writes a project charter? Chartering is on early way to help a team jell." Although both "jell" and "gel" are verbs representing the sa...more...
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#30588: Decide between "Feature X" (first list) and "Feature x" (second list).--Andreas Scherer

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#30589: Third paragraph: for this product _and/or_ this project--Andreas Scherer

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#30590: Next-to-last paragraph: people [...] _believe_ that end date--Andreas Scherer

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#29214: The 2nd bullet, 'timeboxed' should be used: line with "... to continue using time-boxed iterations,...". 'timeboxed' is used consistently in t...more...
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#30614: First paragraph: The _team_ asks questions--Andreas Scherer

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#29209: Major part of page 81 is empty. Next subsection is moved to the page 82. Additionally Figure 5.1 and Tip come before subsection on page 82.

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#30591: Put parentheses around "Appendix B, on page 335" in the frst line of text--Andreas Scherer

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#30592: Second bullet in second list: you and _your_ team--Andreas Scherer

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#29213: Last line, "timboxed iterations" should be "timeboxed iterations".

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#29772: In the penultimate bullet point it says "people use inch-pepples", but I suspect it should have said "people use inch-pebbles". Cheers.--Graham Ashton

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#30593: First paragraph: several features or _a_ set of requirements--Andreas Scherer

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#30594: First paragraph: The category name becomes the _criterion_ (singular)--Andreas Scherer

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#30595: Third paragraph: we didn't have _to_ manage--Andreas Scherer

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#30596: Fourth paragraph: the nonwork [...] _completely_ dwarfs--Andreas Scherer

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#30597: It seems quite redundant to "see the tip" inside the tip itself.--Andreas Scherer

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#29810: "the nonwork people are doing complete dwarfs their project accomplishments"
Should be "completely".

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#30598: Next-to-last line: acknowledgement--Andreas Scherer

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#30599: Strike "the" in the first line--Andreas Scherer

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#30600: Next-to-last paragraph: By _the_ time they got--Andreas Scherer

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#30601: Last paragraph: what _would_ solve their problems--Andreas Scherer

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#30602: Strike second "the Team" in section title--Andreas Scherer

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#30603: Second-to-last paragraph: I don't demand each project team _to_ perform nightly builds--Andreas Scherer

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#30604: Second paragraph: the team is more likely _to_ monitor it--Andreas Scherer

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#30605: Second paragraph: on _a_ multisite project--Andreas Scherer

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#30606: Section Title: How Product Risks _Affect_ the Ratio--Andreas Scherer

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#30607: First Section Title: How Project and Process Risks _Affect_ the Ratio--Andreas Scherer

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#30608: Fourth paragraph: process risks will demand _that_ you add more testers--Andreas Scherer

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#30609: Section Title: Features Not to Be _Tested_ (capitalized)--Andreas Scherer

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#30610: Last paragraph: I've _used_ a template--Andreas Scherer

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#30611: Second bullet point: Each project is a significant effort so _it_ requires--Andreas Scherer

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#29902: In the "System Test Entry Criteria" section, "it’s too easy for the project team think they’ve met their milestones." should be "... team ...more...
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#30612: Second-to-last paragraph: Your job is _to_ look--Andreas Scherer

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#30613: Second paragraph: Review the project managers' _risk_ lists--Andreas Scherer

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#30615: Second paragraph: Longer projects need even _longer_ retrospectives--Andreas Scherer

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#29922: End of the second paragraph:
"Longer projects need even long retrospectives"
should be
"Longer projects need even longer retrospectives".

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#29923: Figure 16.2 is titled "Project Portfolio", the same as Figure 16.1. In context, it seems 16.2 should be called "Product Backlog".

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#30626: Next-to-last paragraph: Incomplete sentence: "not to try to obtain all the requirements _to_ perform the analysis up front"--Andreas Scherer

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#30627: Figure A.2: Use a forced hyphenation in "development" in the fifth box.--Andreas Scherer

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#29924: Near the bottom of the page: "...not to try to obtain all the requirements perform the analysis up front.". Seems to be a word missing, pos...more...
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#30616: Life cycle: This is the way _you_ organize the project--Andreas Scherer

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#30617: Program management: _Program_ management means--Andreas Scherer

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#30618: Koh93: Incentive _Plans_--Andreas Scherer

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#30619: The references SH06a and SH06b seem identical (apart from the subtitle) and thus redundant--Andreas Scherer

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#30620: You99: Encoding error in book title (left quotation mark)--Andreas Scherer

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#30628: Put some/more acronyms into the Index:
BDUF, 258
BWC, 201, 259, 286
IR, 201
SMART, 27, 30
SWAG, 63, 83
YAGNI, 284--Andreas Scherer

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#29925: Definition of life cycle says:
"This is the way your organize the project"
Should be "you".

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