Applied Project Management

Running head: APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Applied Project Management
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Answer to part A:.............................................................................................................................2
Example of a successful project management:............................................................................2
Example of a failed project management:...................................................................................2
Answer to part B:.............................................................................................................................3
Project Scope:..............................................................................................................................3
Budget:.........................................................................................................................................5
Schedule:......................................................................................................................................7
Project Management Triangle (Triple Constraint):.....................................................................9
Answer to part C:...........................................................................................................................11
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction:
Project management is a process that involves planning, organizing, leading, executing,
controlling and reporting a project through resources. A project is defined as a short-term activity
that is intended to produce an exclusive result, service or product. The process is performed by
effectively and efficiently applying the required knowledge and skill. The primary aim of the
project management is the fulfilment of the given object within the provided or available
constraints. The purpose of project management is to deliver a complete project that complies
with the client objectives (Larson et al. 2014). To understand the application of project
management the following section discusses about a successful project followed by a failed
project along with reasons for the project failure. The next section discusses about the constraints
of the project such as project scope, budget, schedule and explain the triple constraint concept of
the project management triangle. Finally, the project discusses about requirement for different
management styles within project management.
Answer to part A:
Example of a successful project management:
OnePlus has become one of the most successful phone through the world. Hence, the
project of OnePlus can be called a great and a successful project. The phones are of good quality
and very low price compared to other brands such as Iphone or Samsung, and with almost
similar feature. Moreover, due to company’s good and popular marketing strategy people are
getting associated (Blogs.cornell.edu, 2018).
Example of a failed project management:
The automated baggage system project at Denver international airport (DIA) is an
example of failed project. In year 1991, DIA had tried and wanted to upgrade as well as remodel

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its system of luggage check-in and transfer as the system was very time-consuming. The idea
was to fix barcoded tag on each luggage item that went through destination-coded vehicles. This
would completely automate all baggage transfers and incorporate that in all three terminals and
minimise the aircraft’s overall turnaround time.
Reasons for failure: When DAI had given contract to the BAE systems for developing the
automated system of baggage handling, then the company had sticked to its non-realistic two-
year project schedule and avoided the timelines of BAE project. The project was underscoped
and the unnecessary risk had been taken by the management. However, the most adverse
decision was excluding airline in the planning decision (Burge and McCall 2015). Thus, the
reasons for the above project can be listed as follows.
 Requirements are incomplete;
 User involvement is nor present;
 Expectations are unrealistic;
 Lack of proper planning.
Answer to part B:
Project Scope:
Project scope is defined as the set of project features or deliverables that are derived from
project requirements. Project scope is a part of project planning that determines and documents a
list of project features, functions, goals, deliverables, tasks, deadlines and finally cost and
budget. Thus, project scope implies objectives that must be achieved and the work that needs to
be done for project delivery (Fageha and Aibinu 2013). In order to define a project scope
properly, the following processes needs to be followed.