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Project ManageMent case studIes
e project manager of the whole project, a good friend of
mine, formed three separate project teams, one in Italy, one in
France, and one in the United States. Every team had well- defined
project tasks, project schedules, and a team leader who reported to
him. e project manager had to travel a lot between three project
groups to coordinate and be up to date regarding every task. is
project was in the 1980s, and Internet communication was just
starting and international calling systems were not as good. You
had to be on location in order to assess the true status of a project.
e project’s manager had to present cost performance analysis of
the project to financing groups on a weekly basis. Final assem-