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How AI Will Transform Project Management
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSteps you can take now to prepare for the future. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
ABCs of the Critical Path Method
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe critical path method (CPM), one of a variety of quantitative tools for business decision-making, is a simple technique for analyzing, planning, and... -
The Four Phases of Project Management
Project management Digital ArticlePlanning, build-up, implementation, and closeout. -
An Agile Approach to Change Management
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSix lessons on moving quickly under pressure. -
Embracing Agile
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleOver the past 25 to 30 years, agile innovation methods have greatly increased success rates in software development, improved quality and speed to market,... -
Performing a Project Premortem
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIn a premortem, team members assume that the project they are planning has just failed--as so many do--and then generate plausible reasons for its demise.... -
A Quick Introduction to Agile Management
The system that's changing the way we work. -
Your Agile Project Needs a Budget, Not an Estimate, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA four-step approach. -
Moving Beyond Stage-Gate Project Management
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTraditional approaches don't lead to breakthrough innovations. -
Is Your Idea a Winner?
Ask yourself these four questions to find out. -
Three Keys to Effective Execution
Business communication Digital Articleby Melissa Raffoni Strategic planning gets all the cachet and all the ink, but the most creative, visionary strategic planning is useless if it isn’t translated into action. Especially now, in a sluggish economy, execution takes on greater importance. It’s what separates the companies that prosper in hard times from the ones that go under. […] -
Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleDespite their embrace of agile methods, many firms striving to innovate are struggling to produce breakthrough ideas. A key culprit, according to the... -
Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? (HBR Case Commentary)
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticlePeachtree Healthcare has major IT infrastructure problems, and CEO Max Berndt is struggling to find the right fix. He can go with a single set of systems... -
Get Your Team to Stop Second-Guessing Decisions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd start taking action. -
How to Keep Support for Your Project from Evaporating
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't rely on personal relationships. -
Learning in the Thick of It
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Army's Opposing Force (OPFOR) is a 2,500-member brigade whose job is to help prepare soldiers for combat. Created to be the meanest, toughest... -
The Art of Collaboration
Trusting others may take practice. Understand the mindset it takes to work well with your collaborators. In partnership with BigThink Edge. -
Meetings That Work: Plans Bosses Can Approve
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe plan meeting is where a project becomes real; it is where people make the decision to go forward with an idea or not. Yet managers often overload... -
Why Good Projects Fail Anyway
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleBig projects fail at an astonishing rate--more than half the time, by some estimates. It's not hard to understand why. Complicated long-term projects...
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Can Machine Learning Fix This Coding Compliance Crisis?
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details "Arizona Medical Doctors" (disguised) seeks a cost-effective solution to improve its medical claims coding quality. The new Vice President of Revenue... -
Strike in Space
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details A three-man skylab crew, after repeatedly unsuccessful attempts to influence Houston Mission Control to slow down the work pace, turns off radio communication... -
Shutout Solutions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details After working together on a university business plan, two entrepreneurs had worked for three years to develop their venture: Shutout Solutions Inc. Their... -
The Phoenix Project: Remediation of a Cybersecurity Crisis at the University of Virginia
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case was designed to facilitate discussion of how a cyberattack was remediated by a major public university. Students are challenged to think through... -
Building a Shed
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Provides terminology and concepts for the process of building a wooden garden shed. -
Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (A)
Organizational Development Case Study6.95View Details Tracks of the first 6 months of a recent MBA grad, Tim Keller, at Katzenbach Partners, a boutique consulting firm focused on organizational change and... -
AtekPC Project Management Office
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details Presents one company's efforts to implement a project management organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in... -
Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. The (B) case presents the final outcome of the events. Reveals how Keller is able to turn around perceptions about him and forge... -
The Seacoast Science Center: Saving the Seals?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details At the April 2013 meeting of the Board of the Seacoast Science Center (SSC), the major issues for Board discussion were adoption of a new "elevator pitch"... -
Warehouse Consolidation Project at Manipal Hospital Bangalore (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This case introduces the concepts of information and material flow analysis, operational improvement procedure and the steps to be taken for successful... -
Concordia Casting Co., Portuguese Version
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers... -
WaterCo Customer Information and Billing System (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details WaterCo's new customer information and billing system (CIBS), its largest information technology (IT) project ever, was over-budget and very late, with... -
Swagat Textiles: Carrying the Family Legacy Forward
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, Swagat Textiles (Swagat), a traditional family-owned textile business in Gujarat, India, was looking for growth amidst several challenges. Since... -
The Walt Disney Studios
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In December 2015, Alan Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, celebrates the world premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens - only the latest in a... -
Executing for Results
Strategy & Execution Book9.95View Details The Lessons Learned Series Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find... -
Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
5 Years of Must Reads from HBR: 2024 Edition (5 Books)
Management BookFive years' worth of management wisdom, all in one place. Get the latest, most significant thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review in "5 Years... -
Project Ashray: Planning a Time-Constrained Project
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In response to the uncontrollable second wave of COVID-19 in the south Indian state of Telangana in April 2021, a few like-minded social activists in... -
From Students to Alumni: Implementing CRM to Build Lifelong Relationships at HEC Montréal - Part A
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This case recounts the implementation of a customer relationship management (CRM) system in what is considered a non-traditional use case for this category... -
Nestle's Globe Program (B): July Executive Board Meeting
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.
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How AI Will Transform Project Management
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSteps you can take now to prepare for the future. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
ABCs of the Critical Path Method
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe critical path method (CPM), one of a variety of quantitative tools for business decision-making, is a simple technique for analyzing, planning, and... -
The Four Phases of Project Management
Project management Digital ArticlePlanning, build-up, implementation, and closeout. -
Is Project Management the Right Career for You?
Career planning AdviceUse this guide to make an informed choice. -
An Agile Approach to Change Management
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSix lessons on moving quickly under pressure. -
Embracing Agile
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleOver the past 25 to 30 years, agile innovation methods have greatly increased success rates in software development, improved quality and speed to market,... -
Performing a Project Premortem
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIn a premortem, team members assume that the project they are planning has just failed--as so many do--and then generate plausible reasons for its demise.... -
A Quick Introduction to Agile Management
The system that's changing the way we work. -
Airbnb, Inc., Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note for case MH058T.