Perform the planning tasks (only for the knowledge areas covered in this chapter) for one of the case studies provided in Appendix C. Remember to be thorough in your planning so that your execution goes smoothly.

INTRODUCTION Each chapter of this text includes Exercises and Team Projects, but some instructors like to assign more detailed case studies. This section provides three running case studies: Real Projects, New Business Venture, and Fixer Upper. You can also find further suggestions for using real projects or other case studies, such as those provided by the Harvard Business Review, on the companion Website for instructors under "Teaching Ideas." There are also samples of completed student projects on www.intropm.com based on an international new business venture (variation of the New Business Venture case) and the Project Management Videos case (formerly in the third edition of this text and now on the instructor site). The first running case provides two individual homework assignments to solicit real project ideas from each student and to assess the team project. It then provides detailed instructions on what is required for the real projects. The two other running cases include five parts-initiating. planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing-with scenario-based information and several tasks to complete under each part. Students can refer to the sample documents found in the text to help them complete the tasks. Several of the tasks involve using templates provided on the companion Website. Anyone can use these cases as long as they mention the source. Feel free to modify them to meet your class needs, and feel free to share additional case studies on the instructor site.