Project Lessons from The Great Escape (Stalag Luft III)
by Mark Kozak-Holland

While you might think your project plan is perfect, would you bet your life on it? In World War II, a group of 220 captured airmen did just that -- they staked the lives of everyone in the camp on the success of a project to secretly build a series of tunnels out of a prison camp their captors thought was escape proof. The prisoners formally structured their work as a project, using the project organization techniques of the day. This book analyzes their efforts using modern project management methods and the nine knowledge areas of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). Learn from the successes and mistakes of a project where people really put their lives on the line.

"Our department's group of PMPs will be using this book as a reference." - William Vollano Jr.

An entertaining and informative book that connects The Great Escape to the PMBoK knowledge areas in a way that teaches you without sounding like a classroom textbook. Our department's group of PMPs will be using this book as a reference during our weekly lunch and learn sessions to discuss how we can better plan our contingencies. This book has taught me that almost any obstacle can be overcome with some basic brainstorming and resourcefulness. I would highly recommend this book. - William J. Vollano Jr., PMP, CPIM, CSCP, CCP