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WillowTree: Product Driven with a Project Mindset (B)

Nelson, Ryan; Wright, Ryan

S-0446 | Published January 18, 2024 | 9 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case, a follow-up to "WillowTree: Project Driven with a Product Mindset (A)" (UVA-S-0338), examines WillowTree, a digital products company that is navigating the implications of employees returni... Read More

WillowTree: Project Driven with a Product Mindset (A)

Nelson, Ryan; Wright, Ryan

S-0338 | Published October 02, 2020 | 13 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

WillowTree began as a small digital products company in 2007. By 2020, it had more than 500 full-time team members operating out of offices in four locations, and it had launched hundreds of digital p... Read More

CarMax: Driving What's Possible

Nelson, Ryan; Wright, Ryan

S-0317 | Published August 26, 2019 | 14 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

CarMax, based in Richmond, Virginia, is the largest retailer of used cars in the United States. Over the past several years leading up to 2019, CarMax has undergone a major digital transformation, int... Read More

The Phoenix Project: Remediation of a Cybersecurity Crisis at the University of Virginia

Nelson, Ryan; Wright, Ryan

ENT-0218 | Published September 27, 2017 | 10 pages. Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case was designed to facilitate discussion of how a cyberattack was remediated by a major public university. Students are challenged to think through how to best manage the remediation project, i... Read More