Project Management
Executive Summary
The report includes the analysis of case study, The Regency Plaza Project under numerous theories of project management and the decisions, conclusions which can be arrived through the comprehensive analysis. A brief introduction about the project being analyzed is provided to identify the key aspects of the specific project in context. The plan of analyzing the Regency Plaza project is discussed in brief under three topics of project management with elements of theory and frameworks of the same used in analyzing the project. In the analysis section, the project is analyzed comprehensively under each topic using the applicable theories. The main focus and effort is on applying the theories to the information that has been acquired about the project. The discussion and conclusion section brings forward the finding about what worked well and what didn’t and the reasons for them and what would be the actions taken if we were managing the project. Explanation about the project’s success or failure based on key points is provided and the key learning points of the project is also mentioned briefly.
Introduction
The project being analyzed in this assignment is the building of the Regency Plaza Hotel Complex, which consists of a 300 room hotel and 96 luxury condominiums build on 22 story steel structure which blends well with the surrounding. Both hotel and condominium owners can use the first two floors and the next eight floors are hotel rooms and the remaining twelve floors are condominium units. 300 parking spaces are provided through two levels for both hotel and condominium users.
The building site was situated in the eastern side of the Boston Common with grand views of the city park at the western side and the back units looked into a city owned garage located in the lower end of Stuart Street.
The project includes a four star restaurants, a health club, free parking, concierge service for the convenient of its users and can order the
The report includes the analysis of case study, The Regency Plaza Project under numerous theories of project management and the decisions, conclusions which can be arrived through the comprehensive analysis. A brief introduction about the project being analyzed is provided to identify the key aspects of the specific project in context. The plan of analyzing the Regency Plaza project is discussed in brief under three topics of project management with elements of theory and frameworks of the same used in analyzing the project. In the analysis section, the project is analyzed comprehensively under each topic using the applicable theories. The main focus and effort is on applying the theories to the information that has been acquired about the project. The discussion and conclusion section brings forward the finding about what worked well and what didn’t and the reasons for them and what would be the actions taken if we were managing the project. Explanation about the project’s success or failure based on key points is provided and the key learning points of the project is also mentioned briefly.
Introduction
The project being analyzed in this assignment is the building of the Regency Plaza Hotel Complex, which consists of a 300 room hotel and 96 luxury condominiums build on 22 story steel structure which blends well with the surrounding. Both hotel and condominium owners can use the first two floors and the next eight floors are hotel rooms and the remaining twelve floors are condominium units. 300 parking spaces are provided through two levels for both hotel and condominium users.
The building site was situated in the eastern side of the Boston Common with grand views of the city park at the western side and the back units looked into a city owned garage located in the lower end of Stuart Street.
The project includes a four star restaurants, a health club, free parking, concierge service for the convenient of its users and can order the
References: Baker, s. & Baker, K., On Time/on Budget: A Step-By-Step Guide for Managing Any Project. Prentice Hall, 1992. Meredith, J.R. & Mantel, S.J., Project Management: A Managerial Approach. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA, 2000. Thomsett, M.C., The Little Black Book of Project Management. Amacom Books. New York, 2002. -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. Case Study, Page 6: “She was concerned, however that the meeting could be explosive if she did not handle it correctly” [ 2 ]. Case study, Page 5: “..Grogan replied that he could not maintain manpower levels due to the constant changes that were still being made to the project design. [ 3 ]. Case study, page 5: “…target market for this type of product was very thin and that word of mouth advertising would be critical.”