Expansion of Denver International Airport | Case Study

(1) Read the following Project Management Case Studies (Kerzner, 2006) (Links to an external site.) (2) Review the following Case from the Kerzner text: Denver International Airport (DIA) (pages 517 - 560) (3) Answer the following questions from an Executive Sponsor point of view. Executive Sponsor Job responsibilities: Championing the project at the executive level to secure buy-in. 1. What are the key issues surrounding this case? 2. What is the nature of the problems that exist? 3. Identify opportunities that may be involved. 4. In what ways were problems resolved or leveraged? 5. Recommend and justify additional courses of action that are most likely to be effective.

Running head: EXPANSION OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Expansion of Denver International Airport
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Table of Contents
1. Key Issues in the Case.................................................................................................................2
2. Nature of Existing Problems........................................................................................................2
3. Identification of Opportunities....................................................................................................3
4. Ways of Resolving Problems.......................................................................................................3
5. Recommendation and Justification of Future Actions.................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................5

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1. Key Issues in the Case
In relation to the Denver International Airport (DIA), the key issues that could be
discovered in the case are:
a. Additional cost of aircraft were being enforced on passengers (Kerzner, 2006). This
affected the higher airfare cost, which further restricted the access to travel towards the elite class
people and businessperson.
b. The growing number of passengers had led to problems for the Stapleton Airport of
Denver to experience issues of handling the excessive traffic of passengers.
c. Major delay caused at all airports, which were being led from Stapleton Airport of
Denver.
d. Longer wait times for receiving luggage at the airports.
2. Nature of Existing Problems
The nature of the problems being faced at Denver International Airport are classified as
follows:
a. Financial issues
b. Architectural and management issues
c. Operational and management issues
d. Operational issues

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3. Identification of Opportunities
Based on the consideration of the above issues, the certain opportunities that should be
involved are:
a. Efficiency could be brought in within the area of operations. This would help in the
reduction of additional costs of airline operations and delays caused by aircrafts at Denver.
b. Expansion facility to be considered as a major functional element.
c. Enhance operational efficiencies in baggage handling facilities (Cavada, Cortés & Rey,
2017).
4. Ways of Resolving Problems
The problems arising at the DIA could be resolved or leveraged by:
a. Enhancing the look of the airport by making architectural changes at DIA.
b. Revising the financial plan
c. Devising a runway master plan for airports based on designing eight north-south
runways.
5. Recommendation and Justification of Future Actions
The additional courses of action that would be effective for the DIA are:
a. The aspect of airport expansion should be considered as this would enable more
passengers to be accommodated at a single time within the airport space.

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b. The runways should be expanded in order to change the operations of the runway so
that more number of airplanes could be provided space for entry and exit from the airport.
c. The baggage handling system should be improved in order to reduce the waiting times
of passengers.

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References
Cavada, J. P., Cortés, C. E., & Rey, P. A. (2017). A simulation approach to modelling baggage
handling systems at an international airport. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 75, 146-
164.
Kerzner, H. R. (2006). Project Management: With Project Management Case Studies, 2r. e. John
Wiley & Sons.