Project Management Institute Case Studies in Project Management The Glasgow Science Centre Tower Project Edited by: Frank T. Anbari‚ PhD‚ PMP The George Washington University Frank T. Anbari‚ PhD‚ PMP Young Hoon Kwak‚ PhD Oksana Chernyaeva‚ MSPM Tina Spector‚ MSPM Albert H. Wu This case study was originally prepared as part of Project Management Applications‚ the capstone course of the Master of Science in Project Management at The George Washington University‚ by the graduating students listed
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worthwhile effort. Studies suggest that most IS project disasters are avoidable (Heerkens‚ 2002). Many times‚ warning signals occur long before an information systems project has begun to fail. History has shown that software projects are far more likely to be successful if they are highly focused and built upon well-understood technology (Heerkens‚ 2002). There are many writers who tell us why projects fail. For instance‚ (Field‚ 1997) tells us that “projects fail too often because the project scope was
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PROJECT FIRECRACKER CASE STUDY Eva Neugebauer – 2060 Federica Picozzi – 1982 Francisca Lopes Pinto – 2048 Konstantin Gusev – 2018 WHY DID THE PROJECT FAIL? The project failed due to three main reasons that reinforced the negative impact of one another: Poor communication There was a poor coordination between individuals. One example was the situation where Waldo and Wolinski took decisions individually without consulting the other members. In fact‚ the first informed Jeff that he was changing
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Louis Jones Case Study Kerzner Office Equipment This case provides an opportunity to explore some of the issues surrounding the startup of a project and formation of a team. Read the case study found on page 409 in your textbook. You should then answer the four below questions thoroughly utilizing the concepts found in your text book. 1. Critique Brigg’s management of the first meeting. What‚ if anything‚ should she have done differently? Given the time constraint and late start‚ Briggs probably
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Eden Project Case Study Introduction to Eden Eden Project is one of the largest greenhouses in the world‚ it is a top Cornwall’s tourist attraction and an educational charity that attracts millions of tourist every year to come and see an outstanding collection of plants placed inside huge artificial biomes. Eden Project is not only a popular tourist attraction‚ it is a social enterprise that aims to “inspire people to go on a journey of discovery about the kind of society we want to live” (Eden
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09 December 2011 Case study - Bunder project Speaker: Stefanie Loader‚ Project Director‚ Bunder Project Location: Goa‚ India Stefanie Loader‚ project director‚ Rio Tinto Exploration FICCI Conference on Sustainable Mining Slide 1 - Title Good morning and Namaste. It is my honour to participate in this conference on Sustainable Mining. I thank FICCI and the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the invitation to share our experiences in preparing for sustainable mining at Rio Tinto’s Bunder
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Birds Eye. Their customers are retail consumers. The Super Project presented General Foods management with the possibility to introduce a new dessert product‚ named Super‚ into the market. The dilemma management faced was how to appropriately measure and allocate costs associated with the project‚ as well as‚ whether to accept or reject the project based on costs and future cash flows generated by Super. With regard to The Super Project or any capital budgeting decision‚ time value of money concepts
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report is based on a case study of Multi Projects Inc. Multi Projects Inc. is an organization that operates in a Matrix-type Organization but does not effectively and efficiently utilize this type of organizational structure to its fullest potential and this becomes disadvantageous in this particular scenario. This is illustrated through a number of problems identified in this report such as a lack of project prioritisation‚ no clear and appropriate balance of power between project- and functional
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Appendix C Additional Running Cases INTRODUCTION These cases are provided here on the companion Web site as additions to the four running cases in Appendix C of the text. Each running case includes five partsinitiating‚ planning‚ executing‚ controlling‚ and closingwith scenario-based information and several tasks to complete under each part. Several of the tasks involve using templates provided in Appendix D and on this companion Web site. Table D-1 on page 595 of the text summarizes the templates
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Professional Ethics: The One.Tel Case David Avison and David N. Wilson David Avison‚ ESSEC Business School‚ Cergy-Pontoise‚ France avison@essec.fr David Wilson‚ University of Technology‚ Sydney‚ Australia. davidw@it.uts.edu.au For correspondence: Associate Professor David Wilson Associate Dean (Education) Faculty of Information Technology University of Technology‚ Sydney PO Box 123‚ Broadway‚ NSW 2007 IT Failure and Professional Ethics: The One.Tel Case Abstract Information technology
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