THE #1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES BOOK NOW FEATURING NEW CASES FROM DISNEY, THE OLYMPICS, AIRBUS, BOEING, AND MORE After on-the-job experience, case studies are the most important part of every project manager's training. This Fifth Edition of Project Management Case Studies features more than one hundred case studies that detail projects at high-profile companies around the world. These cases offer you a unique opportunity to experience, first-hand, project management in action within a variety of contexts and up against some of the most challenging conditions any project manager will likely face. New to this edition are case studies focusing on agile and scrum methodologies. Contains 100-plus case studies from companies that illustrate both successful and not-so-successful project management Represents an array of industries, including medical and pharmaceutical, aerospace, entertainment, sports, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, and more Features 18 new case studies, including high-profile cases from Disney, the Olympics, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and Airbus 380 Follows and supports preparation for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification Exam Experienced PMs, project managers in training, and students alike will find this book to be an indispensable resource whether used as a standalone or combined with the bestselling Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 12th Edition. PMI, CAPM, PMBOK, PMP and Project Management Professional are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Preface xiii 1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES 1 Lakes Automotive 3 Ferris HealthCare, Inc. 5 Clark Faucet Company 7 Creating a Methodology 11 Honicker Corporation 15 Acquisition Problem 19 2 IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT 29 Kombs Engineering 31 Williams Machine Tool Company 33 The Reluctant Workers 37 Macon, Inc. 39 Cordova Research Group 41 Cortez Plastics 43 The Enterprise Resource Planning Project 45 The Prioritization of Projects 53 Selling Executives on Project Management 55 The New CIO 59 The Invisible Sponsor 63 The Trade-off Decision (A) 67 The Trade-off Decision (B) 71 The Project Audit 73 3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT CULTURES 77 Como Tool and Die (A) 79 Como Tool and Die (B) 83 Apache Metals, Inc. 87 Haller Specialty Manufacturing 89 Coronado Communications 91 Radiance International 95 The Executive Director 99 4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES 105 Quasar Communications, Inc. 107 Fargo Foods 113 Government Project Management 117 Falls Engineering 119 White Manufacturing 125 Martig Construction Company 127 5 NEGOTIATING FOR RESOURCES 129 Ducor Chemical 131 American Electronics International 135 The Carlson Project 139 Communication Failures 141 6 PROJECT ESTIMATING 145 Capital Industries 147 Small-Project Cost Estimating at Percy Company 151 Cory Electric 153 Camden Construction Corporation 157 The Estimating Problem 161 The Singapore Software Group (A) 163 The Singapore Software Group (B) 169 The Singapore Software Group (C) 171 The Singapore Software Group (D) 173 To Bid or Not to Bid 175 7 PROJECT PLANNING 179 Greyson Corporation 181 Teloxy Engineering (A) 187 Teloxy Engineering (B) 189 Payton Corporation 191 Kemko Manufacturing 193 Chance of a Lifetime 197 8 PROJECT SCHEDULING 201 Crosby Manufacturing Corporation 203 The Scheduling Dilemma 207 9 PROJECT EXECUTION 211 The Blue Spider Project 213 Corwin Corporation 229 Quantum Telecom 241 The Trophy Project 243 Margo Company 247 Project Overrun 249 The Automated Evaluation Project 251 The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Iridium: A Project Management Perspective 255 Health Care Partners, Inc. 287 McRoy Aerospace 293 The Poor Worker 297 The Prima Donna 299 The Team Meeting 301 The Management Control Freak 303 The Skills Inventory Project 307 10 CONTROLLING PROJECTS 309 The Two-Boss Problem 311 The Bathtub Period 313 Irresponsible Sponsors 315 The Need for Project Management Metrics (A) 317 The Need for Project Management Metrics (B) 323 The Need for Project Management Metrics (C) 329 The Need for Project Management Metrics (D) 333 The Need for Project Management Metrics (E) 337 The Need for Project Management Metrics (F) 341 The Need for Project Management Metrics (G) 347 The Need for Project Management Metrics (H) 351 11 PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT 355 The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster 357 Packer Telecom 405 Luxor Technologies 407 Altex Corporation 411 Acme Corporation 415 The Risk Management Department 419 12 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT 423 Facilities Scheduling at Mayer Manufacturing 425 Scheduling the Safety Lab 429 Telestar International 431 The Problem with Priorities 433 13 MORALITY AND ETHICS 435 The Project Management Lawsuit 437 Managing Crisis Projects 441 Is It Fraud? 457 The Management Reserve 461 14 MANAGING SCOPE CHANGES 465 Denver International Airport 467 15 WAGE AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION 507 Photolite Corporation (A) 509 Photolite Corporation (B) 513 Photolite Corporation (C) 517 Photolite Corporation (D) 523 First Security Bank of Cleveland 529 Jackson Industries 533 16 TIME MANAGEMENT 537 Time Management Exercise 539 17 INDUSTRY SPECIFIC: CONSTRUCTION 559 Robert L. Frank Construction Company 561 The Lyle Construction Project 571 18 INDUSTRY SPECIFIC: DISNEY THEME PARKS 581 Disney (A): Imagineering Project Management 583 Disney (B): Imagineering Project Management in Action—The Haunted Mansion 595 Disney (C): Disney Theme Parks and Enterprise Environmental Factors 613 Disney (D): The Globalization of Disneyland 633 Disney (E): Ocean Park Hong Kong: Competing against Disney 649 19 INDUSTRY SPECIFIC: THE OLYMPIC GAMES 655 Olympics (A): Would You Want to Manage Projects for the City Hosting the Olympic Games? 657 Olympics (B): The Olympics, Project Management, and PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 687 Olympics (C): Would You Want to Manage Projects for the Feeding of Athletes in the Olympic Village? 693 Olympics (D): Managing Health Risks for Some Olympic Venues 703 20 INDUSTRY SPECIFIC: THE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY 709 Philip Condit and the Boeing 777: From Design and Development to Production and Sales 711 Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Issues 735 The Airbus A380 Airplane 745 21 AGILE/SCRUM PROJECT MANAGEMENT 763 Agile (A): Understanding Implementation Risks 765 Agile (B): Project Management Mind-set 773 Agile (C): Managing and Reporting Project Agility 777 Index 783