Project Management Lessons From History

Some of the most important project management lessons can be found through a study of history. Of course, having written a book called Napoleon on Project Management (due in stores April 2006), I firmly believe that.

Now that I've gotten the shameless plug out of the way, let me point you to an excellent site on project management lessons from history. The site takes an interesting approach, promoting a series of books by Mark Kozak-Holland on selected historical projects that have been diligently mined for lessons. In his series, Mark explores lessons from the mistakes made in building the Titanic, lessons from Winston Churchill's "Adaptive Enterprise," and more. Aside from the book series, there are a wealth of case studies on the site alone. This informative and fun site is well worth exploring...

Lessons From History