Publications

Educators

2006
Book

Challenges in Managing Large Projects

By: J. Ronald Fox and Donn B. Miller

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Projects; Management

September 1996
Exercise

Project Management Exercise #1: Planning Your First TOM Project

By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis

Keywords: Projects; Planning; Management

June 2017
Teaching Note

Project Sun Devil and Project Paris

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Alexander W. Schultz

Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony Lee will compete for capital... View Details

Keywords: General Management; Financial Analysis; Return On Assets; Accounting; Performance Measurement; Financial Ratios; Return On Equity; Financial Statements; Profitability Analysis; Portfolio Investment; Portfolio Management; Real Estate; Property; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Analysis; Real Estate Industry; United States

September 1996
Exercise

Project Management Exercise #2: Planning the Shad Factory Project

By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis

Keywords: Projects; Planning; Factories, Labs, and Plants

25 Mar 2016
Video

Katie Rae, Managing Director, Project 11 Ventures

February 2013 (Revised June 2017)
Case

Project Sun Devil and Project Paris

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz

Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony Lee will compete for capital... View Details

Keywords: General Management; Financial Analysis; Return On Assets; Accounting; Performance Measurement; Financial Ratios; Return On Equity; Financial Statements; Profitability Analysis; Portfolio Investment; Portfolio Management; Real Estate; Property; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Real Estate Industry; United States

Educators

Teaching Interest

Driving Organizational Agility - Virtual

By: Ranjay Gulati

Today's businesses must be alert to changes in the external environment, develop competitive strategies quickly—and adapt the organization to execute. In this virtual program, you'll explore organizational structures and processes that have enabled businesses to... View Details

2015
Working Paper

The Challenges and Enhancing Opportunities of Global Project Management: Evidence from Chinese and Dutch Cross-Cultural Project Management

By: Ying Zhang, Christopher Marquis, Sergey Filippov, Henk-Jan Haasnoot and Martijn van der Steen

This study investigates the role of national and organisational culture in day-to-day activities of multinational project teams, specifically focusing on differences between Chinese and Dutch project managers. We rely on fieldwork observation and interviews with... View Details

Keywords: Management; Organizational Culture; Projects; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; China; Netherlands

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Article

Agile Product Development: Managing Development Flexibility in Uncertain Environments

By: S. Thomke and D. Reinersten

Keywords: Research and Development; Product; Management; Risk and Uncertainty

Teaching Interest

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Agile at Scale: From OKR's and Agile to Execution Excellence

What do you want to get out of your remaining time at HBS, your career and life-plan to make an impact, starting from Day 1 post-HBS? By developing tools to drive your personal success and strategy at HBS, in this interactive immersion, we will dive into how the... View Details

10 Mar 2010
News

Balanced scorecard author talks agile business and risk management

1993
Working Paper

Strategies for Managing a Project Portfolio

By: Michael D. Watkins and Kim B. Clark

23 Feb 2015
Working Paper Summaries

The Challenges and Enhancing Opportunities of Global Project Management: Evidence from Chinese and Dutch Cross-Cultural Project Management

Keywords: by Ying Zhang, Christopher Marquis, Sergey Filippov, Henk-Jan Haasnoot & Martijn van der Steen

November 2008
Teaching Note

The AtekPC Project Management Office (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil, John Hupp and Deborah Soule

Teaching Note for [308049]. View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

02 Feb 2023
News

How AI Will Transform Project Management

February 2019
Technical Note

Can Multiunit Organizations Remain Agile as They Grow?

By: Tatiana Sandino

This note discusses how multiunit organizations incorporate flexibility into their management control systems, some by authorizing all or a select number of their dispersed units to make input and process decisions, some by investing in data-analytic technologies to... View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Flexibility; Management Systems; Business Units; Decision Making

Educators

Web

About the Project - Managing the Future of Work

Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work pursues research that business and policy leaders can put into action to navigate this complex landscape. The Project’s current research areas focus... View Details

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’

book excerpt Management Is Not Leadership From Chapter 4, Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World By John Kotter Listen to how most people talk in everyday conversation, and you'll... View Details

Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter

Conference Presentation

Evaluating the Management of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Project

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Management; Projects; Mining Industry; Alaska