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Other than on-the- job training, case studies and situations are perhaps the best way to learn project management. Project managers pride themselves on finding solutions to problems and case studies are an excellent way for this to happen. Case studies require that the students investigate what went right in the case, what went wrong, and what recommendations should be made to prevent these prob-lems from reoccurring in the future. The use of case studies is applicable both to undergraduate-and graduate-level project management courses, as well as train-ing programs to pass various certification examinations in project management. Situations are smaller case studies that focus on one or two points that need to be addressed, whereas case studies can focus on a multitude of interrelated issues. Faculty members can include additional questions when necessary. The table of contents identifies several broad categories for the cases and situations, but keep in mind that the larger case studies, such as Corwin Corporation, The Blue Spider Project, or the Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Iridium, could have been listed under several topics. Some of the case studies, such as The Need for Metrics and The Singapore Software Group, are well suited for group exercises. Other smaller or minicases can be covered during the class period. Several smaller cases or situations are included in this edition at the request of faculty members who asked for cases that could be discussed in class and worked on in a team environment. These smaller cases can be used as in-class assignments or take-home assignments. Almost all of the cases and situations have “seed” questions, either in the case itself or in the instructor’s teaching notes on the case to assist the reader in the analysis of the case. The seed questions from the instructor’s manual will be provided by the instructor. An instructor’s manual is available from John Wiley & Sons, Inc., only to faculty members who adopt the book for classroom use. Almost all the case studies are factual. In most circumstances, the cases and situations have been taken from the author’s consulting practice as well as consulting practices from global contributors. The names of many of the companies and the people in the companies have been disguised for obvious reasons. Some educators prefer not to use case studies that are more than 10 or 20 years old. However, the circumstances surrounding many of these older cases and situations are the same today as they were years ago. Unfortunately, we seem to be repeating several of the mistakes made previously.