Project Success and Failures
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Project Success and Failure Examples
Chapter 1
Aaron Hart
1/18/2011
Table of Contents
Project Failure Example- Space Station: Inadequate Planning and Design Led to Propulsion Module Project Failure. 3
Nature of the Project 3
Budget and Time Frame for the Project 3
Challenges Faced in the Project 4
Project Failure Results 4
Project Success Example- Fort Bliss Site Development Services- Nation’s Largest Military Communication Installation using Green Technology. 5
Nature of the Project 5
Budget and Time Frame for the Project 6
Challenges Faced in the Project 7
Project Success Results 8
References 9
Project Failure Example- Space Station: Inadequate Planning and Design Led to Propulsion Module Project Failure.
This article is based on the NASA contract with Boeing on the Space Station systems to build the now-canceled addition to the propulsion module for the International Space Station.
Nature of the Project
In 1993, the President directed NASA to redesign the space station to reduce costs. Part of that project was to create a new less expensive Propulsion System for the Space Station. NASA created a team to develop design options, and evaluate the management of the project. NASA’s approach was to use a single company for all subcontracting and bids for the project. To implement this decision, NASA’s administrator signed a Determination and Findings under the Competition in Contracting Act, which was created to make Boeing the single prime contractor for the project. Under the contract, Boeing was given the duty of managing and integrating the space station and for the design, development, and delivery of certain space station resources for the project.
Budget and Time Frame for the Project
The total value of this proposed modification was about $330 million. Boeing estimated that total program cost would be $479 million and maintained that estimate until April 2000. Unfortunately,
Project Success and Failure Examples
Chapter 1
Aaron Hart
1/18/2011
Table of Contents
Project Failure Example- Space Station: Inadequate Planning and Design Led to Propulsion Module Project Failure. 3
Nature of the Project 3
Budget and Time Frame for the Project 3
Challenges Faced in the Project 4
Project Failure Results 4
Project Success Example- Fort Bliss Site Development Services- Nation’s Largest Military Communication Installation using Green Technology. 5
Nature of the Project 5
Budget and Time Frame for the Project 6
Challenges Faced in the Project 7
Project Success Results 8
References 9
Project Failure Example- Space Station: Inadequate Planning and Design Led to Propulsion Module Project Failure.
This article is based on the NASA contract with Boeing on the Space Station systems to build the now-canceled addition to the propulsion module for the International Space Station.
Nature of the Project
In 1993, the President directed NASA to redesign the space station to reduce costs. Part of that project was to create a new less expensive Propulsion System for the Space Station. NASA created a team to develop design options, and evaluate the management of the project. NASA’s approach was to use a single company for all subcontracting and bids for the project. To implement this decision, NASA’s administrator signed a Determination and Findings under the Competition in Contracting Act, which was created to make Boeing the single prime contractor for the project. Under the contract, Boeing was given the duty of managing and integrating the space station and for the design, development, and delivery of certain space station resources for the project.
Budget and Time Frame for the Project
The total value of this proposed modification was about $330 million. Boeing estimated that total program cost would be $479 million and maintained that estimate until April 2000. Unfortunately,
References: 1. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=5413 2. http://news.lp.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/gao/gaonasa012403.pdf 3. http://www.motorola.com/web/Business/Global_Services_New/Global%20Services%20for%20Government%20and%20Public%20Safety/Applications%20Services/Motorola%20MARVLIS/Document/staticfile/Fort%20Bliss,%20TX_U.S.Army%20Case%20Study.pdf?localeId=33 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bliss 5. Space Station: Actions Under Way to Manage Cost, but Significant Challenges Remain. GAO-02-735. Washington, D.C.: July 17, 2002. 6. NASA: Compliance With Cost Limits Cannot Be Verified. GAO-02-504R. Washington, D.C.: April 10, 2002. 7. NASA: Leadership and Systems Needed to Effect Financial Management Improvements. GAO-02-551T. Washington, D.C.: March 20, 2002.