Posted: January 8th, 2016

Discuss what is meant by ‘successful’ and whether the project/ programme you have selected was OR was NOT considered successful, and

QUESTION 1:

(i) Research and analyse the conduct of the following high-profile projects/programmes: (30 marks)

The UK ‘Fire control’ project

Then:

(ii) Discuss what is meant by ‘successful’ and whether the project/ programme you have selected was OR was NOT considered successful, and

(iii) Analyse and discuss some of the factors or practices that contributed to this outcome (successful/not successful). To what extent are these a result of good/poor project/programme strategy? Illustrate your answer with examples from the case study and theory.

(iv) Suggest how utilisation of programme or project ‘best practice or theory’ either contributed to the success or might have improved the situation/ avoided the problems.
(70 Marks)