Project Management

Module Three

Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is to research and analyze a real world IT critical infrastructure event and interpret how various aspects of the project management plan can affect the success or failure of IT projects.

Students will:

• Find and evaluate a case study that addresses a critical infrastructure IT project.
• Research and examine historically significant cases (New York City Blackouts, Exxon Mobil's oil spills, IT-related banking fraud cases, or current Internet neutrality issues) to determine if they were successful managed.
• Analyze how the organization's charter or a specific knowledge area may have influenced the success or failure of the project discussed in the journal article.
• Recall the 10 knowledge areas and use that knowledge to determine whether or not the case study's plan to avoid past errors is or is not successful.

Tasks

• Research a journal article on a critical infrastructure IT project.
• Research and examine historically significant cases (New York City Blackouts, Exxon Mobil's oil spills, IT-related banking fraud cases, or current Internet neutrality issues) to determine if they were successful managed.
• Analyze how the organization's charter or a specific knowledge area may have influenced the success or failure of the project discussed in the journal article.
• In your conclusion, describe a suggestion on how one of the 10 knowledge areas is affected by the case study's plan to avoid past errors or sustain success.