Assignment: Project Failure
Length: 10 pages.
Paper Volkswagen's Dieselgate Scandal should illustrate a public instance of project failure (over budget, missed deadlines, failure to deliver as expected) in which the proper application of project management might have prevented the project's failure. Use the Internet to research for such a project and provide at least 8 references. Objective is to present a thorough analysis that demonstrates your understanding of facts relevant to the issue and the project management issues involved. You must arrive at a reasonable conclusion as to the cause of the failure and demonstrate the reasons why project management would have prevented the failure. You should consider answering all of these questions as you structure your paper:
1) Why was this project undertaken? Who sponsored and funded it?
2) What is the most important information and facts that we need to know in order to decide if there was faulty project management involved?
3) Who are the people or institutions that have a stake in the outcome of this project, and how were they affected by the outcome?
4) What do you believe the project manager should have done? What was the role of the project sponsors with the failure? What tenets of project management were not followed?
5) What could have been done to avoid this situation? How can it be avoided in the future?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.