Project Management Blunders: Lessons from the Project That Built, Launched, and Sank Titanic

The sinking of the RMS Titanic ranks as one of the most memorable and significant events of the 20th century and for one hundred years has fascinated countless generations.  The events of that fateful voyage have been told and retold over the years; however, few have examined the actual building of the ship and how decisions made during that process directly contributed to the disaster.  This  book examines the Titanic story from a project management perspective and conclusively shows how the decisions made during design, construction, and sea trials (testing) compromised the ship's integrity and left it vulnerable to disaster.
 
Titanic's disaster has been put down to bad luck, an accident, and caused by the unforeseen forces of nature. The ship was sunk after glancing a blow with an iceberg. As a result, conventional wisdom is the situation was outside of the control of the captain and officers who were depicted as mere bystanders incapable of changing the course of events.  The truth is very different. The seeds of disaster were sown as Titanic was designed, and there was a long chain of mistakes. This book puts forward a very different version of the disaster.

Biography
The Lessons-from-History series was developed by Mark Kozak-Holland, PMP, IPMA-D. Mark is very passionate about history and sees its potential use as an education tool in business today. Mark is a Project Manager and a Senior Business Consultant (certified in the Consultant Profession). He specializes in helping organizations evaluate how emerging technologies can impact their business.

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* youtube.com/user/projectlessons?feature=mhsn

Mark puts a different spin on complex business problems by applying lessons from history. In his book series, Lessons-from-History, he uses relevant historical case studies to examine how projects and emerging technologies of the past solved complex problems. Mark believes history has great relevance in business today. A good analogy helps to simplify, frame and put today's complex projects into context. It builds up a better understanding and enhances reader retention.
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