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This 16 page paper looks at the concept of project management, and considers the importance of understanding how or why projects fail. The paper uses the example of a well-known project failure, assessing what went wrong and the causes of the errors, and how they may have been avoided. The bibliography cites 22 sources.
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and those who have an interest in its performance as well as factors such as budget, time scale and interferences which may be as wide ranging such as supply issues
human emotions and even weather. Consideration of such a wide range of factors requires a framework in order to reduce the potential for error, and as such reduce the potential
for misjudgement or failure. While theoretical approaches to assess the way in which project management should take place are able to increase learning and knowledge, the application of ideas and
principles to real life can increase learning as well as transferable skills, demonstrating the importance of the theorises and approaches that have been developed. The examination of both successful
and unsuccessful projects allows for the application of the ideas and an assessment to determine how things may have turned out differently. In this paper we will look at a
project that failed, this well known project; the automation of the London Ambulance Service dispatch system is a well known case of failure, due to the scope and scale of
the failure, which leads to a large number of potential learning points. When looking at how a project takes place and is successful the general approach is that the
project has to be delivered on time, in budget and to the right specifications (quality) (Heerkens, 2001). The way this is achieved is through careful project management, project management may
be defined as "planning, scheduling and controlling of project activities to meet project objectives" (Lewis. 2000). This needs to take place
throughout the project lifecycle, which starts with conception, but in practical terms begins with the initiation, then moves to planning, followed by executing, monitoring and control and ends with closure.
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