Running head: Case Study 3: The Chunnel Project Case Study 3: The Chunnel Project University of Maryland University College Project Procurement Management‚ Semester Fall 09‚ Section 9041 Professor Michael C. Hagerman November 08‚ 2009 The Inception Stage Rating Scale: 5—Excellent‚ 4—Very Good‚ 3—Good‚ 2—Poor‚ 1—Very Poor Project Management Area | Development Phase | Scope Management | 2 | Time Management | 4 | Cost Management | 2 | Quality Management | 3 | Human Resource Management | 5
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Table of Contents 1. Executive summary 2 2. Project Appraisal 3 Project initiation 3 Stakeholder and communication management 4 Change/Control Management 5 Risk management 6 Contract 7 Others 7 Works Cited 9 1. Executive summary The Chunnel Tunnel project was initiated to connect via a tunnel France and England. It was among the biggest privately funded infrastructure projects ever. Fifty kilometres long‚ the tunnel extended under the English Channel from France to England
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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
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1-Inception-Historical background‚ overall objectives‚ political climate‚ and pre-feasibility studies. 2-Development-Overall planning‚ feasibility studies‚ financing‚ and conceptual design. 3-Implementation-Detail design‚ construction‚ installation‚ testing‚ and commissioning. 4-Closeout-Reflection on overall performance‚ settlement of claims‚ financial status‚ and post-project evaluation. 1974- Initial tunnel ideas gather but abandoned. 1978-British & French discussions resumed. 1983-Frensh
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or occurrence and impact (Project Management Institute‚ 2013‚ p. 328). The key benefit of this process is that it enables project managers to reduce the level of uncertainty and to focus on high-priority risks. The Chunnel project could have benefitted from Qualitative Risk analysis to manage the many risks of this large project. Scope Creep The overall scope of the Chunnel project was increased significantly “due to change requests throughout the life of the project” (Anbari‚ et al.‚2005‚ p.
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3004ENG PROJECT MANAThGEMENT PRINCIPLES THE CHUNNEL PROJECT Project Background * Objective is to create an underground tunnel connecting England and France * Create a fixed transportation link between England and France in an attempt to spur economic development‚ improve European trade‚ and provide an alternative high-speed transportation method. * Requires cooperation between two countries‚ numerous banks‚ contractors‚ etc to initiate‚ plan‚ executive and complete the project.
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Project stake holders Project stake holders are those groups or individuals that can affect‚ or are affected by‚ the project (N.J.Smith‚ 2002). As one of the greatest engineering and political feats of the twentieth century‚ The Chunnel project had thousands of identifiable project stake holders that can be separated into two clearly definable categories’‚ Primary and secondary. Primary stake holders Primary stake holders are those that directly influence or are influenced by the project )N.J
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The Chunnel is actually the English nickname for The Channel Tunnel.It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent‚ England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world. It took 15‚000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1994. The completed Chunnel cost about $21 billion. There are three complete tunnels in the Chunnel. The two outside ones are the passenger trains
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Case Studies Project PET3361 10/25/2012 Case Study #1 – High School Football Player Brian is not the first athlete to encounter issues in trying to “bulk up”. Many high schools athletes do not have the knowledge on how to properly put on muscle and gain weight. I would ask Brian questions like: how many calories do you eat a day‚ how much creatine are you taking daily‚ what foods are you eating‚ how often are you eating‚ how often do you lift weights‚ what supplements are
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Case Study Global Human Resource Management at Coca-cola. Question 1:- What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positions: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? Answer:- .: I think Coca-cola staffing follows a polycentric for managerial positions as they have to do that because they “think globally and act locally” and on this basis their policy is combination of ethnocentric as well as geocentric. Yes this policy makes sense because this is
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