Reference no: EM132415090
PPMP 20010: Executing and Closing Projects - Central Queensland University
Project name : The Millennium Dome
Critical Analysis Report
• The primary purpose of this assessment is to help you to develop and demonstrate your skills in the use of project management concepts,
principles, theories and arguments about the project management execution phase.
• Demonstrate your understanding of the real application of Control Systems.
• Analyse and argue what type of Control Systems will enable better or worse project outcomes
• Understand the project context, issues and control systems applied during the execution phase.
• Find out the causes of its failures and analyse the control systems applied.
• Critically evaluate the effectiveness of applied control systems and stakeholder's management.
• Make recommendations for how its failure could have been avoided Snapshot of the project you have chosen.
• Introduction to the project you have chosen.
• Major reasons for the failure of the project.
• Control Systems: explanation of the range of control systems used for cost, schedule, scope and quality.
• Analysis of the reasons for cost and/or time overruns.
• Analysis of the extent to which the project execution team could be held responsible of the incurred time and/or cost overruns.
• Analysis of the relationship between the problems you identified in cost and/or time overruns and the stakeholders' needs and influence.
• Analysis of the project management actions that could have been taken to better control the project and stakeholders in order to increase the chance for successful delivery.
• Conclusion which identifies the key lessons that project management can learn from the experience of the project.
• Report should be of 4000 +- 5% words (excluding references and appendices).
Written Report
• Project snapshot
• Introduction
• Major Issues
• Control Systems
• Analysis of cost and/or schedule overruns
• Analysis of the project execution team
• Analysis of relationship between overruns and the stakeholders
• Analysis of possible actions for success
• Conclusion
• Appropriate, well structured, concise and clear understanding of project management arguments
• Clarity of expression, language, format, references and presentation of the written report
Presentation
• Preparation and consistency of presentation
• Set up and use of visual aids, including power point slides
• Presentation content is relevant to the topic
• Content is clear, concise and relevant
• Response to Questions during Q&A
• Content is explained well
• Presentation manner
• Timing including Q&A
Teaching Case
The Largest Admitted IT Project Failure in the Southern Hemisphere: A Teaching Case by Rebekah Eden and Darshana Sedera