Essay - Project Management in a Recently Concluded Project for a Large...

Project Management

In a recently concluded project for ***** large corporation, the end state assessment of ***** client ***** the project team was very poor because as the client said, "The project went over schedule." But in determining ***** root-cause analysis of the situation, the problem was doomed from the beginning. For instance, it took ***** client 9 months to decide whether ***** proceed with the ***** or not. When they finally decided to go ahead, the project team deployed was not the same project team that prepared the project proposal and the project plan; hence, the new ***** was inheriting plans they did ***** prepare ***** deliberated upon.

The saving grace that made the ***** produce the required deliverables ***** that all ***** ***** team members were senior personnel highly experienced with project implementations. ***** despite their expertise, the ***** found out ***** the client was what project teams called "horror *****s" ***** they kept on changing the scope of work ***** interpreting the changes as "un*****eseen requirements" that must be included in the project. The team still did ***** best but the client couldn't be satisfied. In the end, ***** ***** ***** submitted despite a delay of three months and a negative feedback from the client.

If the same ***** would present itself again, the project manger must insist on re-scoping for project proposal ***** project plan and that the ***** team who ***** the leg ***** ***** also be the team to implement it. Project *****s and plans must ***** valid *****ly ***** a certain period - say 30 days ***** and if the client has not approved it yet, then that should be considered as invalid and a new one ***** be ***** if the ***** eventually decides to *****. In add*****ion, if the client is perceived to be a ***** client, the project m*****nager must escalate the situation to higher management and recommend termination of the project lest the actual implementation ***** ***** project be prejudiced by the client's