PPMP20010 (Executing and Closing Projects)
Case of WestConnex project in Australia
Assessment Instructions
The purpose of this assessment item is to help you develop and demonstrate your skills in the use of project management concepts, principles, theories, and arguments about the project management execution and closing phases. You are particularly required to demonstrate your understanding of the real application of control systems. You must then be able to analyse and argue what type of control systems will enable better project outcomes on future projects.
Assessment tasks
This is a group assignment consisting of 3-5 students (ideally 4 students in a group) within your own tutorial class. This assignment comprises of two parts:
• Part A (30%): You are required to submit a critical analysis report responding to the specific tasks about the given case study.
• Part B (10%): You are also required to give an oral presentation on your critical analysis report.
You are required to consider the following and demonstrate your understanding in the context of the given case study and submit a critical analysis report:
• Project execution compared to the project management plan.
• Project success factors and how they may have changed over the course of the project.
• Reasons for cost and/or schedule overruns, scope creep, quality, and other issues.
• Application of project control systems, such as the change control system, etc.
• Stakeholders’ influence on project performance (progress).
You are required to examine a significant real-life case study and produce a detailed report that forwards a critical analysis of project control approaches used to ensure the successful completion of the project and stakeholders’ influence. The report should include a demonstration of the range of control systems and evaluation of their application and whether a poor application of the control systems and lack of stakeholders’ management contributed partially or fully to the project failure. The report should also include recommendations to improve performance on future projects based on the lessons learned from the given case study
Solutions
Introduction
Project overview
The growing demand for public transportation in Australia resulted in the proposal of the WestConnex project by the Australian government, which is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country. It is the largest tunnel road infrastructure project in the country to ensure smooth transportation across Sydney and Australia.
Project aims and objectives
The project is aimed at providing a high-quality motorway for the people that connects the west section of Sydney to the southwest region including the airport and port stretching across 30 kms (WestConnex, 2024).