October 2002
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
8h 40m
English
This case study chronicles the experience of a project manager attempting to manage the integration and launch of an e-commerce system. Several factors are working against the project manager, including an incredibly tight and highly publicized deadline, a nonresponsive vendor, and a clueless executive management team. The project manager is caught in the middle of a variety of forces that ultimately lead to his undoing.
ConSports was a content publishing Web site specializing in sports-related news and information for athletes and participants of nearly every sport imaginable. The site was advertising supported and growing quickly, but the founders wanted to expand the site's ...