Project Management

The teaching cases in this section address the challenges related to implementation and scale faced by project managers in a variety of settings.

  • Teaching Case - Discovery in the Amazon

    Discovery in the Amazon

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    Publication Date: June 01, 2004

    In a world of increasingly fluid boundaries, public and private managers often face ethical challenges that cross familiar geographical and cultural lines. This disguised case recounts the experience of a chemical engineer from Brazil who...

  • Classic Case - Managing Viper: Epilogue

    Managing Viper: Epilogue

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1988

    In August 1977, Col. Hubert Lacquement was facing the toughest challenge of his career. The Army project he was managing, the Viper assault/anti-tank weapon, had become more expensive than predicted and had fallen behind its production schedule...

  • Classic Case - Managing Viper

    Managing Viper

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1988

    In August 1977, Col. Hubert Lacquement was facing the toughest challenge of his career. The Army project he was managing, the Viper assault/anti-tank weapon, had become more expensive than predicted and had fallen behind its production schedule...