12Initiating
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
1. Understand the importance of initiating projects that add value to an
organization
2. Discuss the background of ResNet at Northwest Airlines
3. Distinguish among the three major projects involved in ResNet
4. Appreciate the importance of top management support on ResNet
5. Discuss key decisions made early in the project by the project manager
6. Relate some of the early events in ResNet to concepts described in
previous chapters
7. Discuss some of the major events early in the project that helped set the stage
for project success
ay Beauchine became Vice President of Reservations at Northwest
Airlines (NWA) in 1992. One area that had continually lost
money for the company was the reservations call center. Fay developed
a new vision and philosophy for the reservations call center that was
instrumental in turning this area around. She persuaded people to
understand that they needed to focus on sales and......

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