The First Jeep, A PM Story

  Innovation   ProjectsAtWork  

A new book tells the little-known story of a small team of engineers and designers who created the four-wheel drive, all-terrain vehicle that is credited as one of the reasons the Allies won World War II. Along the way, it provides valuable project management lessons still relevant today.

One of ProjectsAtWork contributor Paul Bruno’s most popular articles in his ongoing PM History Lessons series is “The Jeep” (Dec. 2011), which showed how the creation of this revolutionary vehicle offers today’s project managers valuable lessons. Building on years of research, Bruno has transformed the article into a book — Project Management in History: The First Jeep, published by MFP Enterprises — that provides rich detail and color to the little-known story of the small team of designers and engineers who created the four-wheel drive, all-terrain vehicle that is frequently listed as one of the top three reasons the Allies won World War II.

Bruno has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of project management and IT. A senior consultant and trainer for the International Institute for Learning and a consultant for Fiala Project Resources, Bruno has also held a number of volunteer positions both at the global headquarters and local chapter level for the Project Management Institute.

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