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    Introduction p.3 History p.3 – 4 Stakeholders p.4 – 7 Stakeholder classification p.5 Stakeholder Power/Interest Grid p.7 Causes for project failure p.8-10 Lack of risk management p.9 Unrealistic timescale and Cost escalation p.10 Recommendations p.10 – 14 Risk Management p.11 Forecasting p.11 – 12 Stakeholder Engagement p.12 – 14 Conclusion p.14 References p.15 - 16 Introduction For this assignment the project chosen

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    to existing platforms. It started in April 2006 and supposedly completed in August 2008. However‚ the division has encountered delays and cost overruns which resulted in losses on the project exceeding RM500 million‚ which have already been accounted for. At that time‚ they still try to negotiate with the QP project’s client on claims for the over budget cost‚ but the Board has already decided to reverse the revenue of RM200 million previously recognized in the Group accounts for Financial Year 2009

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    and analysis STI has been working with GSDC to implement the new website‚ and GSDC views STI as a premier customer. As the project has unfolded‚ however‚ cost overruns and delays have occurred. STI claims that GSDC underbid the project and was too optimistic in its bid and project plan. Time has been lost and the project has cost overruns to date of $200‚000. Given today’s date and the need to have the site in place‚ STI management has clearly articulated that the new website must be up and running

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    Central Artery/Tunnel Project‚ known unofficially as the Big Dig‚ in Boston was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and consisted of countless errors. The project had errors throughout the plan and design that lead to escalating costs‚ scheduling overruns‚ leaks‚ design flaws‚ poor execution‚ substandard materials and even four deaths. The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (also known as the ‘Big Dig’) was a scheme to rebuild Boston’s elevated Central Artery expressway‚ which cut through the

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    policy paralysis

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    $29bn Coal mine scam‚ Vodafone Royalty payment issue etc.  Implementation Bottlenecks Improper action plan and poor allocation of funds resulted in delayed projects that led to overruns of 15 BN Policy Paralysis:       Improper action plan & allocation of budgeting which lead to delay of project and cost overrun by 1.74 lakh crores Manufacturing sector contracting from growth of 3.5 % in 2011-2012 to 3.1% in 2012-2013 due to lack of investment from foreign companies. This is due to the

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    2004 the Government decided to reform the approach to procuring public works projects. The reforms were a Value for Money initiative to help address concerns in Government circles‚ in the media and amongst the public generally regarding project cost overruns on public works contracts‚ the main objective being to allocate risk to those best able to manage and control it. This would involve shifting responsibility for managing and controlling risks from the public sector to Contractors. Following

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    discuss the problems that had plagued the company’s important SPAWN Program during its first year and a half. These problems‚ which included unauthorized design changes and Taylor’s inability to control the program’s cost‚ schedule‚ and technical performance‚ had contributed to a cost overrun and schedule delay‚ estimated at 30% and four months respectively‚ and a general loss of customer confidence. The Federal Radar Corporation Since its founding‚ FedRad had been pre-eminent in the radar field

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    Nhs It Project Report

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    NHS IT PROJECT REPORT Introduction In 2002‚ the IT project for the National Health Service (NHS) was officially launched with the investment accumulated up to over 12 billion pounds. At that time this scheme was considered one of the most giant and oldest outstanding IT projects in the world. The purpose of the project was to considerably improve NHS service and patient care. Using the advantages of Information Technology system‚ the ideal was to transfer

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    Cost and Overhead Costs

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    have done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions are we making about the variability of overhead costs when we do a “full-cost” analysis? By allocating the overhead costs to jobs and customers there is an implicit assumption that these are variable with the cost driver. In reality‚ some of the overhead costs are fixed‚ at least in the

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    Cost and Overhead Costs

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    Plant overhead $122‚000 D/L rate/hour $30 Youngstown has a traditional cost system. It calculates a plant-wide overhead rate by dividing total overhead costs by total direct labor hours. Assume‚ for the calculations below‚ that plant overhead is a committed (fixed) cost during the year‚ but that direct labor is a variable cost. 1. Calculate the plant-wide overhead rate. Use this rate to assign overhead costs to products and calculate the profitability of the four products. The assignment

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