Executing and Closing Project Report 2022

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Executing and Closing Project
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the Failed Project....................................................................................2
2. Understanding of the range of Control systems used......................................................2
3. Analyzing the causes of time and cost overrun...............................................................4
3.1. Analysis of the Cost Overrun...................................................................................4
3.2. Analysis of the Schedule Overrun............................................................................5
4. Analysis of the ineffectiveness of Project Team.............................................................6
5. Analysis of the Problems and the stakeholders’ Needs...................................................8
6. Analysis of the Project Management Actions.................................................................9
7. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................11
References..........................................................................................................................12

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1. Introduction to the Failed Project
The implementation of The National Broadband Network (NBN) is considered to be a
National disgrace of Australian state government. NBN was one of the most crucial
infrastructure project of Australia that aimed in establishment of a high capacity of data
communication among the individual and different organization across the state. The broadband
network was initially set to be delivered through the technology of FTTP; however, it was to be
changed to FTTN later on (CIO.com 2019). This induced complexity added to the most
significant causes behind the failure of the NBN project. The project team failed to understand
that use of mixed technology will indicate a mixed quality of service, clearly indicating one
significant reason of failure. The entire process of the project roll out was a failure. The initial
estimate of project roll out by Australian government was in the year 2016, however, it was
rescheduled to 2019 and then in 2020. The project budget has also been revised a couple of time
indicating a complete failure of the NBN project. The undertaken report aims in discussing the
choice of control system for controlling the budget, schedule and the scope of the NBN project
by analyzing the major reasons that caused cost overrun in the project. The failure of this project
can largely be linked with the failure of the team in proper management of the NBN project. The
report will analyze the contribution of the project team in project’s failure. The project could not
fulfill the main expectations of the stakeholders. The report will analyze the stakeholders’
requirements and the impact of the stakeholder on the NBN project. Finally the report will
provide recommendations based on the different project management activities that could have
been engaged to make sure that the NBN project was not a failure.
2. Understanding of the range of Control systems used