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D31PS-Unit 2 Tutorial

Project management in the construction industry is considered mature, yet it faces significant challenges, with up to 50% of projects failing to meet delivery targets. The document emphasizes the need to understand the reasons behind project failures to improve success rates. A group task is outlined to analyze the Scottish Parliament project, focusing on its introduction, reasons for delays and cost increases, and the role of project management in these issues.

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D31PS-Unit 2 Tutorial

Project management in the construction industry is considered mature, yet it faces significant challenges, with up to 50% of projects failing to meet delivery targets. The document emphasizes the need to understand the reasons behind project failures to improve success rates. A group task is outlined to analyze the Scottish Parliament project, focusing on its introduction, reasons for delays and cost increases, and the role of project management in these issues.

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Unit 2- Class Exercise/ Tutorial

Project Management in the construction industry, or in general, can now be considered to be a relatively
mature discipline. However, despite this, the record of project delivery in construction, and in general,
remains poor. Recently completed audits have suggested that project management, per se, fails to
deliver projects successfully with alarming frequency. In the case of constructi on, recent figures suggest
that as many as 50% of all projects end up failing to meet the delivery targets set for them. Such
problems are not unique to the construction industry; in the IT sector projects encounter an estimated
70% failure rate. This should be alarming to all those involved in a profession that is dedicated to the
successful delivery of projects.

If project management is to improve its track record in project delivery, it is necessary to fully understand
the reasons for project failure. If reasons for project failure can be fully understood and appreciated, the
project management profession can work towards the achievement of better and more consistent
project delivery.

Task

As a group you are required to study the Scottish Parliament project. Present an analysis of the
most likely reasons for the project failure. Your presentation / findings should include the following:

i. An introduction to the project.

ii. An analysis of the reasons that explain the delays and/or cost increases encountered
during the project.

iii. An analysis of the relationship between the problems you identify in (ii) and the role of
project management (in other words, an analysis of the extent to which the projects'
management could be held be responsible)

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