1. Based on the article by Pinto & Kharbanda “How to fail in project management without really trying” and the article by Nelson “IT Project Management: Infamous Failures, Classic Mistakes, and Best Practices” discuss which classic mistakes were evident in the Denver airport case. Identify at least 2 factors from each article and discuss how they applied in the Denver case. In your analysis, clearly list each mistake and explain the reasons behind it. [4 points]
From the first article: Pinto, J., Kharbanda, O. (1996). How to fail in project management – without really trying. Business Horizons, Vol. 39 (1996), No. 4, pp. 45-53.
- Ignore the project environment. (Including stakeholders). In Denver case, key stakeholders did not participate …show more content…
The second way is to establish an early warning system. According to the article “Why bad projects are so hard to kill” (Royer I., 2003), in every project this kind of system should be established in order to see the first signs of possible failure and create control procedures and criteria for evaluating project viability at each stage of project’s development. These procedures should be clearly identified and top managers should not ignore them. In the Denver airport project, there should be a proper change management process to control changes. Also, at the beginning of the project Denver should have made a risk management exercise to identify potential risks that can occur and put together plans on how these risks would be managed. In this case many warning signs had been ignored, scope creep took a place. Denver should have created a project budget and had a system for monitoring and controlling costs of the …show more content…
It is crucial to have a strong leader of the project. This person should know how to motivate team, negotiate with stakeholders, etc. He or she should constantly keep an eye on the competition of the project and its success.
From the forth article: a) avoiding weak personnel or team issues. I think it is important that professionals who have been assigned for the project have enough professional skills to do the job. Low skill levels can cause many issues, such as, poor quality, schedule lapses, etc. Therefore, right people should perform their best job in the project. Also, another problem can arise because of outsourcing and offshoring. Problems in multi-national teams can be caused by different languages, cultures, time-zones barriers,
From the first article: Pinto, J., Kharbanda, O. (1996). How to fail in project management – without really trying. Business Horizons, Vol. 39 (1996), No. 4, pp. 45-53.
- Ignore the project environment. (Including stakeholders). In Denver case, key stakeholders did not participate …show more content…
The second way is to establish an early warning system. According to the article “Why bad projects are so hard to kill” (Royer I., 2003), in every project this kind of system should be established in order to see the first signs of possible failure and create control procedures and criteria for evaluating project viability at each stage of project’s development. These procedures should be clearly identified and top managers should not ignore them. In the Denver airport project, there should be a proper change management process to control changes. Also, at the beginning of the project Denver should have made a risk management exercise to identify potential risks that can occur and put together plans on how these risks would be managed. In this case many warning signs had been ignored, scope creep took a place. Denver should have created a project budget and had a system for monitoring and controlling costs of the …show more content…
It is crucial to have a strong leader of the project. This person should know how to motivate team, negotiate with stakeholders, etc. He or she should constantly keep an eye on the competition of the project and its success.
From the forth article: a) avoiding weak personnel or team issues. I think it is important that professionals who have been assigned for the project have enough professional skills to do the job. Low skill levels can cause many issues, such as, poor quality, schedule lapses, etc. Therefore, right people should perform their best job in the project. Also, another problem can arise because of outsourcing and offshoring. Problems in multi-national teams can be caused by different languages, cultures, time-zones barriers,