Examine the concrete reasons for the selected project

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Assessment

Choose a renowned failed project from the List of Failed Projects file on the Course Moodle Page.

Describe the selected project and analyse the losses incurred by the project.

Examine the concrete reasons for the selected project's failure and propose alternative solutions / recommendations that are underpinned by supporting evidence.

Students will be expected to utilise project management theories throughout their assignment and include diagrams, tables, charts and graphs to illustrate their answers.

Please note: This assessment must be in an essay format and approximately 2,500 words in length.

Assessment - Format
Title Page.
Introduction.
Background of the failed project (one failed project from the List of Failed Projects file on the Course Moodle page). What are the underlying causes or reasons for undertaking the project?
Scope / Objectives of the failed project (design, purpose, resources, overall funding, overall timeline etc.).
Planning / Execution of the failed project (WBS, work packages, timelines, deliverables, milestones, cost accounts, and roles and responsibilities).
HOW the project failed (what makes you determine that the project was a failure? / What are or were the salient manifestations of the project's failure?).
WHY the project failed (discuss the reasons for the project's failure).
Recommendations (what could or should have been done to ensure the success of the failed project?).
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

4TH ASSESSMENT - LIST OF FAILED PROJECTS
Students MUST choose one of the following failed projects for the individual essay due in Week 12.
Google Plus.
Google Glass.
Apple Lisa.
IBM PCjr.
IBM's Stretch Project.
Tata Nano.
Tata Steel Bastar Project.
Airbus A380.
Denver International Airport Baggage Handling System.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
Ara Modular Smartphone.
Knight-Ridder's Viewtron Service.
My Ki Smart Card.
Nokia Lumia.
New Coke.
Pepsi Blue.
Crystal Pepsi.
Virgin Cola.
Microsoft Windows Vista.
Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile.
McDonalds' Arch Deluxe Burger.
Target's Failed Entry into Canada.
British Petroleum's Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dyson Electric Car Project.
Ford Edsel.
DeLorean DMC-12.
Amazon Fire Phone.
FBI Virtual Case File System.
Blackberry Smartphone.
Sony Betamax.
Snapchat Spectacles.
Polaroid Instant Home Movies.
Health Smart Project.
Levi's Type 1 Jeans.
Nintendo Wii U.
Opal Tower.
Grenfell Tower.
Titanic Disaster.
Millennium Dome.
Toyota Prius 3rd Generation.
Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster.
CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems).
Victoria Police LINK Project.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
Australian Cargo Service.
Queensland Health Payroll System.
Starbucks' Failure in Australia.
Myer's Online Shopping Disaster.
Canadian Government's Phoenix Pay System.
NHS National Program for IT.
Foxmeyer Drugs ERP Failure.
Boeing 737-MAX.
Mars Climate Orbiter.
My Health Record (Australian Government).
Hoverboard.
Twitter Peek.
Joojoo Tablet.
Google's Project Tango.
LaserDisc.
Friendster.
HP TouchPad.
Virtual Boy.
Apple Newton.
Microsoft Zune.
Build-A-Bear's Pay Your Age Promotion.
Woolworths' Master Hardware Business.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Walmart Express.
Walmart's Failure in China.
Lotus Riverside.
Skyline Towers Collapse.
St. Francis Dam Disaster.
Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit.
2018 Kolkata Bridge Collapse.
DH 106 Comet.
HD DVD.
Microsoft Bob.
MeeGo.
Dreamcast.
Too Human.
Mobile ESPN.
EONS.

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