The Alice-Darwin railway

Was it an internal or external project? Give rationale.

Identify at least 7 major stakeholders for the project.

What were the needs / expectation of each stakeholder?

Identify and describe at least 4 most important resources used in the project.

State 3 alternative approaches for the project (i.e. different forms of transportation).

In your opinion, was the railway approach the best approach to have been selected?  Support your rationale using PV, NPV, IRR, B/C. (1 page)

Provide a Level 3 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for this project. (1 page)

Create a network diagram for the project using the activities in the WBS. (1 page)

Using a GANTT chart, provide a high-level schedule for the project. (1 page)

Provide a high-level budget (or cost breakdown) for the project. (1 page)

What were the 2 major / broad categories of risks in the project?

Using a table / bullets, list at least 10 individual risks ranked by severity and project phase (i.e. pre-construction & post-construction). (1 page)

Describe at least 7 things that were done /could have been done to mitigate the risks

Was the project a success? Support with rationales.

Was there enough outsourcing in the project? Explain.

Describe at least 3 lessons that can be learned from this project.

Other – Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion (one paragraph each)

Other Considerations

Other – APA (Times New Roman, 12, double- spaced, in-text citations, grammar, reference list, etc)

Required to submit:

Your response should cover between 12 – 15 pages only.

This research project requires you to tie together everything you have studied in this semester.

This may include core project management skills, writing skills, APA formatting, meeting deadlines, etc.

Ensure all responses you provide (including numbers, tasks and other facts) are supported by information from the

journal or provide appropriate assumptions where necessary. This journal including all other sources should be correctly referenced.

Use effective in-text citation to help the reader know exactly where you are picking your facts from.

APA requires the use of page numbers primarily for direct quotes.

However, just for this sake of this assignment, since I need to know exactly where you are picking the facts from,

please use page numbers as often as you need to. If I cannot connect your rationale with the pages, I may not give the maximum points for that section.

You have been put in teams so you can bounce ideas off each other – no one person knows it all.

This is a good opportunity to access your respective strengths and weaknesses and work together as a team.