Project Management Lessons from Desert Storm

All political issues and propaganda aside, few can argue that, as a project, the original multinational Iraq invasion in 1991 (Desert Storm), was expertly planned and brilliantly executed. Max Wideman makes this case on his Max's Musings site where he astutely compares the events to general project management.

Most importantly, the success (political and otherwise) of that initiative was due in large part to the strong strategic alliances behind it.

Wideman's article also supports my claims that speed is more important than cost, and success is more important than speed. He points out that this was a project with no budget constraints, yet because it was executed quickly and effectively, it was extremely cost efficient.

The full article is below...

Max's Musings - Project Lessons Learned?