Edited by Alejandro Romero-Torres, Full Professor, School of Management, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, Shankar Sankaran, Professor, School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design, University of Technology Sydney, Australia and Joseph Griffin, Teaching Professor, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University, USA

‘Case Studies on Project Management in Practice is an invaluable and much needed resource for project management educators. Its global perspective, alignment with the PMI Talent Triangle®, and intentional pedagogical design provide a rich and accessible framework that fosters critical thinking, practical skills, and professionalization in our students.’

• ContentsForeword xiiiIntroduction xviPART I WAYS OF WORKING1 Municipal Public Water Company: shaping water 2Elizabeth Arteaga and José Miguel Cevallos Chavez2 Project recovery: IT in the energy sector 16André B. Barcaui3 Evaluating project management approaches: a property and casualtyinsurance company 31Shawn D. Belling4 The first Jeep 45Paul R. Bruno5 Navigating the challenges of rapid information systems implementation 62Dorit Rotem6 Avenue to project success: a decision scenario based on the successmanagement approach 74Nilton Hideki Takagi and Thiago Meirelles VenturaPART II POWER SKILLS7 Navigating complexity: integrating collaboration in publicinfrastructure projects 87Caroline Coulombe and Jonathan Harvey8 Scrum team tales: conquering challenges with scrum masters andproduct owners 99Simona Bonghez9 Unraveling the ethical knot: a case study on deteriorating team dynamics 106Simona Bonghez10 Leveraging work readiness to develop a professional identity 115Jessica Borg11 Half Double methodology in a large EU-funded research andinnovation project: half-way there or double trouble? 128Liv Juul Nielsen, Ulrik Bak Kirk and Per SvejvigPART III BUSINESS ACUMEN12 Navigating the tides of transformation: Natalia’s quest for a projectmanagement office 143Sanaa El Boukri and Monique Aubry13 Making the decision of project termination during the delivery stage:the Keystone XL pipeline 158Jose Rodrigo Juarez Cornelio14 Digital innovation strategy at a construction company’s project business 172Eleni Papadonikolaki, Bethan Morgan and Issam El-Asbi15 Achieving performance in major public infrastructure projects: thecase of road works in Senegal 189Mohamed Laye16 Developing systems thinking competencies in project managers 205Shankar Sankaran

Edited by Alejandro Romero-Torres, Full Professor, School of Management, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, Shankar Sankaran, Professor, School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design, University of Technology Sydney, Australia and Joseph Griffin, Teaching Professor, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University, USA

‘Case Studies on Project Management in Practice is an invaluable and much needed resource for project management educators. Its global perspective, alignment with the PMI Talent Triangle®, and intentional pedagogical design provide a rich and accessible framework that fosters critical thinking, practical skills, and professionalization in our students.’

• ContentsForeword xiiiIntroduction xviPART I WAYS OF WORKING1 Municipal Public Water Company: shaping water 2Elizabeth Arteaga and José Miguel Cevallos Chavez2 Project recovery: IT in the energy sector 16André B. Barcaui3 Evaluating project management approaches: a property and casualtyinsurance company 31Shawn D. Belling4 The first Jeep 45Paul R. Bruno5 Navigating the challenges of rapid information systems implementation 62Dorit Rotem6 Avenue to project success: a decision scenario based on the successmanagement approach 74Nilton Hideki Takagi and Thiago Meirelles VenturaPART II POWER SKILLS7 Navigating complexity: integrating collaboration in publicinfrastructure projects 87Caroline Coulombe and Jonathan Harvey8 Scrum team tales: conquering challenges with scrum masters andproduct owners 99Simona Bonghez9 Unraveling the ethical knot: a case study on deteriorating team dynamics 106Simona Bonghez10 Leveraging work readiness to develop a professional identity 115Jessica Borg11 Half Double methodology in a large EU-funded research andinnovation project: half-way there or double trouble? 128Liv Juul Nielsen, Ulrik Bak Kirk and Per SvejvigPART III BUSINESS ACUMEN12 Navigating the tides of transformation: Natalia’s quest for a projectmanagement office 143Sanaa El Boukri and Monique Aubry13 Making the decision of project termination during the delivery stage:the Keystone XL pipeline 158Jose Rodrigo Juarez Cornelio14 Digital innovation strategy at a construction company’s project business 172Eleni Papadonikolaki, Bethan Morgan and Issam El-Asbi15 Achieving performance in major public infrastructure projects: thecase of road works in Senegal 189Mohamed Laye16 Developing systems thinking competencies in project managers 205Shankar Sankaran

Edited by Alejandro Romero-Torres, Full Professor, School of Management, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, Shankar Sankaran, Professor, School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design, University of Technology Sydney, Australia and Joseph Griffin, Teaching Professor, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University, USA

‘Case Studies on Project Management in Practice is an invaluable and much needed resource for project management educators. Its global perspective, alignment with the PMI Talent Triangle®, and intentional pedagogical design provide a rich and accessible framework that fosters critical thinking, practical skills, and professionalization in our students.’

• ContentsForeword xiiiIntroduction xviPART I WAYS OF WORKING1 Municipal Public Water Company: shaping water 2Elizabeth Arteaga and José Miguel Cevallos Chavez2 Project recovery: IT in the energy sector 16André B. Barcaui3 Evaluating project management approaches: a property and casualtyinsurance company 31Shawn D. Belling4 The first Jeep 45Paul R. Bruno5 Navigating the challenges of rapid information systems implementation 62Dorit Rotem6 Avenue to project success: a decision scenario based on the successmanagement approach 74Nilton Hideki Takagi and Thiago Meirelles VenturaPART II POWER SKILLS7 Navigating complexity: integrating collaboration in publicinfrastructure projects 87Caroline Coulombe and Jonathan Harvey8 Scrum team tales: conquering challenges with scrum masters andproduct owners 99Simona Bonghez9 Unraveling the ethical knot: a case study on deteriorating team dynamics 106Simona Bonghez10 Leveraging work readiness to develop a professional identity 115Jessica Borg11 Half Double methodology in a large EU-funded research andinnovation project: half-way there or double trouble? 128Liv Juul Nielsen, Ulrik Bak Kirk and Per SvejvigPART III BUSINESS ACUMEN12 Navigating the tides of transformation: Natalia’s quest for a projectmanagement office 143Sanaa El Boukri and Monique Aubry13 Making the decision of project termination during the delivery stage:the Keystone XL pipeline 158Jose Rodrigo Juarez Cornelio14 Digital innovation strategy at a construction company’s project business 172Eleni Papadonikolaki, Bethan Morgan and Issam El-Asbi15 Achieving performance in major public infrastructure projects: thecase of road works in Senegal 189Mohamed Laye16 Developing systems thinking competencies in project managers 205Shankar Sankaran