IT Project in Australia Analysis 2022

Running head: PROJECT ANALYSIS
Project analysis

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Executive Summary
There are numerous motives behind the failure of a project in terms of the poorly defined
scope, inadequate risk management procedures, failing to identify the key assumptions and
constraints of the project, capability of the project manager of the project and ineffective
communication skill of the team members. However, most of the failed project analysis
misses the concept of governance failures. This assignment shall be focussing on a failed IT
project and evaluate all the reasons behind its failure. The significance of a disaster recovery
plan and Omnichannel retail strategy in the retail organization shall be discussed in the
recommendation segment of this paper briefly.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Main issue associated to the project...........................................................................................3
Failures of the early enactment of this project...........................................................................4
Cost overrun and schedule delay................................................................................................4
Early delivery method................................................................................................................5
Changes in the recent delivery method......................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
Recommendation........................................................................................................................7
Reference....................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The notable determination of this assignment is to focus on a major failed project in
Australia, all the issues related to this IT project and the reason behind the fiasco of the
project shall be analysed in this assignment from different perspectives. The concluding
section of this assignment shall be focussing on a list of recommendations which will be
provided from the perspective of a project manager.
Project background: Established in the year 1900, Myer is one of the biggest
departmental store chain which is located all over Australia. In the year 2013, the website of
this organization crashed during Boxing Day when the traffic of this website was very much
on the higher side (Tay 2020). More than 7000 online customers of this business was affected
by this IT disaster (techAU 2020). The notable issues related to this project shall be presented
in the ensuing section of this assignment.
Main concern related to the project
The prime issue which was faced in this project is the huge amount of traffic in the
business, as a result, their portal was crashed. Most of the consumers who were affected by
the collapse left their opinion about this organization on their social media platforms. As a
result of the crashing of the website, this business suffered both financial as well as
reputational loss. There was a communication breakdown among the stakeholders of this
business for three days in a row. Lack of any disaster recovery plan was one of the prime
reason behind this failed project (Kendrick 2015). The fiasco of the early enactment of the
project shall be elaborated in the next section of this assignment.