Project Management Analysis of Sydney Opera House Failed Project

COST AND TIME
OVERRUN
CASE STUDY OF SYDNEY AUSTRALIA S OPERA’
HOUSE PROJECT

INTRODUCTION
• Sydney Australia's iconic opera house is a study in the failure project of Australia
• The project plan is four year timeline with a budget of AU$7 million, but actual budget is
AU$102 million with 14 years to complete (Sydney opera house failed project 2017).
• Failed due to cost and time overrun
• Analyze of project management actions to take better control the project and
stakeholders in order to increase the chance for successful delivery

RANGE OF USED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR
COST, SCHEDULE, SCOPE AND QUALITY
• Calculate and control time and cost outcomes for project work
• Lessen business expenses for increasing profits and starting with the budget processes
• Cost control is a key significant factor to maintain and grow the project profitability
• Schedule project control leads to measure the project progress and compare to plan progress
on timely and daily basis (Fleming and Koppelman 2016).
• Scope control is required monitoring and controlling entire process group so that the work is
controlled on time (Nicholas and Steyn 2017).
• The control system for quality is required to maintain a better quality of the construction
materials

ANALYSIS OF REASONS EXPLAIN THE COST AND TIME OVERRUN ENCOUNTERED
DURING THE PROJECT
• Poor planning
• Financial problems
• Delay in land acquisition
• Unexpected ground conditions
• Shortage of the construction materials
• Inexperienced contractors
• Underestimation of construction cost