Relevant examples help make the material interesting to students End-of-Chapter Cases illustrate project management principles. Most are based on real situations, both contemporary and classic, and include thought-provoking discussion questions. New cases in this edition discuss London’s Crossrail, NASA’s Mars 2020 project, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, and more. Project Managers in Practice: Short profiles of real, practicing project managers, including new profiles for this edition, give students a sense of the challenges project managers routinely face. Hands-on exercises help students learn the concepts Internet Exercises require students to search online for key information and use web-based tools for analyzing project activities and have been updated for this edition. Real-world applications An expanded set of sample PMP certification exam questions at the end of most of the chapters give readers an idea of the types of questions typically asked on the exam and how those topics are treated in this book. All project examples and screen captures have been updated from MS Project 2013 to MS Project 2016 for this edition. This text reinforces Pearson’s commitment to covering “employability skills” identified in a recent survey, including communication, critical thinking, collaboration, knowledge application and analysis, business ethics and social responsibility, IT and computer skills, and data literacy.