Project Lessons from The Great Escape (Stalag Luft III)

Project Lessons from The Great Escape (Stalag Luft III)
Mark Kozak-Holland
Multi-Media Publications
ISBN: 1895186803
Non-Fiction, Business
Reviewed by Amanda Bragg

Every project manager knows that having a sound project plan could make or break a project. Should the project fail, the project manager has to worry about job security, their egos, as well as their reputation as a professional. But at the end of the day, do they have to worry if they will live or die?
In Project Lessons from The Great Escape (Stalag Luft III), Mark Kozak-Holland takes a historical event and relates it to Project Management principles used in the workplace today. As a current student of Project Management and an employee working with many Project Management Professionals, I found this book to be a nice contrast from the other Project Management materials currently used in the classrooms and workplace. Kozak-Holland uses terms and ideas found in the guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). He also relates the events to the nine knowledge areas used by Project Management Professionals today. ; By applying these principles to a famous historical event, Kozak-Holland takes the blandness of the PMBOK and combines it with a story, which makes the reader forget that they are reading a book to be used for teaching.