Individual Case Study - Overview & Instructions

Learning Outcomes

This assignment provides students with the opportunity to review, reflect, and evaluate one (1) project management case study. It will enable you to achieve the following learning outcomes:

• Identify the fundamental principles and practices of project management in an organization.
• Describe the key elements of a project and a role of a project manager.
• Itemize and explain the critical success factors to a project.
• Explain the importance of change management for a project, and tactics for motivating a project team.
• Define additional project management methodologies and skills.

Type of Assignment

Individual

Grade Breakdown

15% of Final Grade

Overview

Studies show that people find it easier to remember stories. Therefore, case studies are often considered an effective approach to enhancing student learning. Since Project Management is applicable to all types of organizations and industries the case studies in this assignment will reflect that. For example, there are case studies on construction, agile projects, and even international projects. The goal is to provide you with new ideas and challenge old and established theories.

Instructions

The instructor will assign each student one (1) project management case study out of the list of fifteen (15) below. The length of your answers is not as important as what you write; quality is more important than quantity.

The case studies come from various chapters throughout the recommended course textbook:

Project Management: The Managerial Process, 7^th Edition, Erik W. Larson, Clifford F. Gray, McGraw-Hill, New York 2017, ISBN # 978-13-07-023077.

Note #1: the textbook is not required in order to understand the case studies and answer the required questions.

Note #2: If you are citing references to support your submission, they can include include articles, case studies, and/or textbooks. Do NOT use CourseHero, Wikipedia, CourseRaptor, or any other paid tutoring service. The sharing of academic college property through these types of platforms is considered an act of academic dishonesty. Use APA formatting when citing references.

Case Study #	Case Study Description	Pages
1.1	A Day in the Life	1 4
1.2	The Hokies Lunch Group	5 11
2.1	Hector Gaming Company	12 13
3.1	Mos and McAdams Accounting Firm	14 18
3.2	Horizon Consulting	19 23
4.2	The Home Improvement Project	24 26
10.1	The Blue Sky Project	27 33
10.2	Tom Bray	34 35
10.3	Cerberus Corporation	36 38
11.1	Kerzner Office Equipment	39 43
11.2	Ajax Project	44 47
11.3	Franklin Equipment, Ltd.	48 53
15.1	AMEX, Hungary	54 57
15.2	Phuket A	58 59
16.1	Introducing Scrum at P2P	60 65

Please find the link to all of the case studies in the Assessments section.

After reviewing the case study, answer the following questions:

1. What was the case study about?
2. What was good about the way the project(s) was managed?
3. What could have been done differently and why?
4. What did you learn from the case study?
5. Was this case study managed effectively? Why or why not?

please add references