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Question 1: Carefully read the following case study. Then list nine critical success factors that create successful projects and provide an example for each from the case study. Please note that it is critical to provide examples and not just list from the textbook.

CASE STUDY THE GREAT ESCAPE

The Great Escape from the prison camp Stalag Luft Ill in March 1944 is widely regarded as one of the most audacious and daring escape attempts of the 20th century. It also had all the hallmarks of a great project, with complex timelines, limited resources, dire situation, and a hostile environment.

Everything in Stalag Luft Ill was set up to prevent escape. The project was confronted by a myriad of obstacles; for example, an intimidating scope, no budget, intolerable time constraints, new problems appearing every day, hostile groups trying to close the project down, a continuously changing environment, and a stringent penalty system (2 weeks solitary). The project team had to stave off hunger and psychological pressures. It required a lot of planning, preparation, and team work. Everything had to be thought through and assessed, including continuous risk analysis.

The project team had to adapt to changing and unexpected daily situations. Basic resources were scarce, so every possible resource was used. Bed boards were plundered to make braces for the tunnels. Red Cross packages were pooled to use as rewards or bribes. Rubber boot heels were carved to make official stamps for forged documents required on the outside.

The discovery of a tunnel should have completely shut-down the project, but forward planning had determined the risk. To reduce it, a contingency was to build three tunnels code named Tom, Dick and Harry, so when one tunnel was discovered, there was no suspicion that other tunnels of such scale were under construction, and so the project continued.