Posted: November 29th, 2014

Heathrow Terminal 5 Project

Heathrow Terminal 5 Project

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In 2008, London’s Heathrow Airport, the world’s busiest international airport, officially opened Terminal 5, (T5) (heathrowairport.com). The new terminal was designed to increase the airports capacity from 67 million passengers a year to 95 million passengers a year. (California Management Review, 2009).
Key stakeholders in megaprojects like the London Heathrow Airport project may determine if a project is a success or failure for various reasons including yet not limited to cost, scope, and risk management.
Whilst it is clear that there are many facets that can be studied with this particular case, this week, your assignment will focus on the following:
• Part 1: Critical analysis of the Heathrow Terminal 5 project (500 words).
• Part 2: Assessment of the project manager’s role in the Heathrow Terminal 5 project and Denver Airport project (250 words).
Note: You will use one submission link to submit Part 1 and Part 2. Combine Part 1 and Part 2 into one document prior to submitting.
You should use information from the textbook, journal articles, and other sources to support and properly cite your assignment.
Part 1: Critical analysis of the Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 project (500 words)
Include the following:
• Provide a critical analysis of the Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 project.
• Using the readings, research, and your experience provide an analysis of the key challenges of the project during the initial stage of the project, the midpoint of the project, and at the end of the project?
• The authors propose that there are two factors that are very important to the success of a megaproject—collaboration among various groups and system integration. Why would they suggest that these two factors are very important to the success of a megaproject? What were some of the systems that had to be integrated? Note that they say these had to be jointly optimized. Why is this true?
• One of the recommendations made by the authors is that we must abandon the idea that all projects are unique. Why did they make this recommendation? Do you agree with it?
Part 2: Assessment of the project manager’s role in the Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 project and the Denver Airport project (250 words)
After reading the article by Davies, Gann, and Douglas (2009) about the Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 project, find an article in the library that details what happened in the Denver Airport Project and compare it with the Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) project. Include the following information in your comparison:
• Looking at the key challenges related to the projects, what are the key differences between the two projects? Take into consideration the resources, the people, and the processes.
• If you were the project manager, how would you have handled these challenges? Include why you would choose this approach and what supports this approach.

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