Denver International Airport Failure
|Program and Project Management |
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Table of Contents
Overview of the project 2 Specifications: 2 Chronology of Events 3
Stake Holder Analysis 4 Indentifying Stakeholders 4 Power/Grid Analysis 5 Effect of Stakeholders on the Project 6
Analysis for the outcome of the project 7 Key Factors of Failure 8 Change in strategy 8 The decision to proceed 9 Physical building structure design 9 Late decision to search for a different path 10 Scope, schedule and Budget commitments 10 Other Failure Points 10 Bad Risk Management 11 Leadership Change 11 Architectural and Design Issues 11
Conclusion 11
References 14
Overview of the project
Denver automated baggage system aimed at developing the world’s largest automated airport baggage system due to requirement of bigger airport capacity in land area of 140 Km2, it was supposed to be the largest airport to handle the capacity of over 50m passengers on annual basis. The initial budget at the start of the project was $ 5 billion which includes $685 million from the federal government and over $ 400 from the airlines themselves. The below are the technical specifications of the project.
Specifications:
1. 88 airport gates in 3 concourses 2. 17 miles of track and 5 miles of conveyor belts 3. 3,100 standard carts + 450 oversized carts 4. 14 million feet of wiring 5. Network of more than 100 PC’s to control flow of carts 6. 5,000 electric motors 7. 2,700 photo cells, 400 radio receivers and 59 laser arrays
We can see from the specifications it was a massive project in terms of scale of construction involved and also the cost, with automation involved in every stages of the system it was set up for the world’s best, largest and efficient automated baggage system. As per the Project management triangle one of the main parts of the project management
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Table of Contents
Overview of the project 2 Specifications: 2 Chronology of Events 3
Stake Holder Analysis 4 Indentifying Stakeholders 4 Power/Grid Analysis 5 Effect of Stakeholders on the Project 6
Analysis for the outcome of the project 7 Key Factors of Failure 8 Change in strategy 8 The decision to proceed 9 Physical building structure design 9 Late decision to search for a different path 10 Scope, schedule and Budget commitments 10 Other Failure Points 10 Bad Risk Management 11 Leadership Change 11 Architectural and Design Issues 11
Conclusion 11
References 14
Overview of the project
Denver automated baggage system aimed at developing the world’s largest automated airport baggage system due to requirement of bigger airport capacity in land area of 140 Km2, it was supposed to be the largest airport to handle the capacity of over 50m passengers on annual basis. The initial budget at the start of the project was $ 5 billion which includes $685 million from the federal government and over $ 400 from the airlines themselves. The below are the technical specifications of the project.
Specifications:
1. 88 airport gates in 3 concourses 2. 17 miles of track and 5 miles of conveyor belts 3. 3,100 standard carts + 450 oversized carts 4. 14 million feet of wiring 5. Network of more than 100 PC’s to control flow of carts 6. 5,000 electric motors 7. 2,700 photo cells, 400 radio receivers and 59 laser arrays
We can see from the specifications it was a massive project in terms of scale of construction involved and also the cost, with automation involved in every stages of the system it was set up for the world’s best, largest and efficient automated baggage system. As per the Project management triangle one of the main parts of the project management
References: 1. De Neufville, R. (1995) “Designing Airport Passenger Buildings for the 21st. Century,"Transport Journal, UK Institution of Civil Engineers, in press. 2. Calleam. (2008). Denver Airport Baggage System Case Study. Retrieved July 2, 2012, from Calleam Consulting: http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086 3 4. PMI. (2004). A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge . PMBOK Guide , 24-27. 7. Mar 6, 1996, New York Times, < http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/06/us/denver-airport-nestles-into-its-lair.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm>, Denver Airport Nestles Into Its Lair, [Accesses at 1 June 2012] 8 9. Johnson, Kirk (2005-08-27), < http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/world/americas/26iht-denver.html?_r=1 >, Denver airport to mangle last bag. New York Times, via International Herald Tribune.[Accessed at 21 June 2012] -----------------------