Simple Services, Inc.: A Project Management Case Study

Abstract

This hypothetical case study provides a vehicle for illustrating typical project cash flows and the day-to-day events that can influence these flows. The case study also shows the interaction between project cash flows and a firm's overall financial condition. As the title implies, it is a simplified caricature of what actually happens in more complex and realistic setting, where a project manager has to worry about a multitude of problems, including the concerns of project scope schedule, and budget, plus the technical challenges of getting the job done. Isolating the management of the cash flow from the rest of these concerns allows an examination of what a project manager might need to contend with respect to cast and financial management of a project. Three industry experts-Robert J. Berg, Francis D. Leathers (Member ASCE), and Mark C. Zweig-provide analysis of the case study.