Articles

Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise:

This is a 10 part article series published in Information Management (DM Direct) Newsletter related to Churchill's Decision-Making Environment . This series article examines how Churchill set up an agile project to meet his objectives, of creating a solution that support his air battle. Part 1 examines the governance framework set up to transform the UK and support the solution as shown in Figure 1. The term governance as used in industry (especially in the IT sector) describes the processes that need to exist for a successful project.

IT Project Lessons from Titanic:

This extensive 20 part article series harvests lessons for project managers from the project that designed, built and launched the R.M.S. Titanic. 

Churchill the Agile PM:

This extensive 25 part article series cover the 4 month period in which Churchill set up and ran an agile project to meet his objectives.

Churchill's Supply Chain: 

This short 4 part series covers off the supply chain created for Churchill's organization. 

Article series published in Supply and Demand Chain Executives.   

This article by Jack Widman in CIO magazine - relates to IT failures. This was based on an interview with Mark Kozak-Holland and lessons from Titanic. 

Article on PRWeb

Designing Tall Buildings Post 9-11: Lessons from Titanic

As the construction of Freedom Tower proceeds at the site of the devastated World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, it raises questions about the feasibility of rapid evacuation from a tall building in a disaster scenario. Over 95 years ago, similar questions were being considered on the construction project that produced the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic. In examining the Titanic project, there are a number of lessons from history that can be taken away and applied to the construction of today's skyscrapers.  

Press Release Article on the Great Escape

As more soldiers are kidnapped in Iraq this article states there are important lessons to be learned from the lives of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) from the Second World War; especially, their state of mind, spirit, and resilience.