Chunnel Project

Project Management Institute

Case Studies in Project Management

The Chunnel Project

By:

Frank T. Anbari, PhD, PMP, Paul Giammalvo, MSPM, CCE, PMP, Paul Jaffe, MSPM, PMP, Craig Letavec, MSPM, PMP, Rizwan Merchant, MSPM

Edited by:

Frank T. Anbari, PhD, PMP

The George Washington University

This case study was originally prepared as part of Project Management Applications, the capstone course of the Master of Science in Project Management in the Department of Management Science at The George Washington University, by the graduating students listed above with the supervision of Professor Anbari.

This case study was adapted to make it a learning resource, and might not reflect all historical facts related to this project.

1 Case Study

The Chunnel Project

Table of Contents

Introduction .....................................................................................................................................3

The Inception Phase.........................................................................................................................4

The Development Phase ................................................................................................................12

The Implementation Phase ............................................................................................................17

The Closeout Phase .......................................................................................................................22

Summary of Project Assessment and Analysis .............................................................................26

References

References: Fairweather, V. (1998). The Channel Tunnel: Larger than life, and late. In D. I. Cleland, K. M. Genus, A. (1997). Managing large scale technology and inter-organizational relations: The case of the Channel Tunnel. Research Policy, 26, 169–189. Kerzner, H. (2003). Project management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling and controlling (8th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Morris, P. W. G. (1994). The management of projects. London: Thomas Telford. Project Management Institute. (2004). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (3rd ed.) Serich, S., Bale, G., Kwasny, M. K., Patneaude, S., & Stack, J. (2001). The Chunnel: The channel tunnel project. Unpublished manuscript, Washington, DC: The George Washington University. Veditz, L. A. (1993). The Channel Tunnel: A case study. Executive Research Report (pp. 1–22). Williams, C. L. (1993). DoD contracting in a global environment. Washington, DC: The Industrial College of the Armed Forces. The following works, although not cited, were also consulted while preparing this document: Roberts, M. J. (2001). Developing a teaching case (Abridged). Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing. Swiercz, P. M. (2003). SWIF learning: A guide to student written- instructor facilitated case 27