MGT5IPM International Project Management Assessment 3

Scenario

You have been appointed by the Australian federal government to provide a critique of the conduct of the $80B Attack Class submarine program. So as not to arouse political suspicion you are to base your advice exclusively on data contained in the source materials from the Defence Connect website – an article dated 20 January 2020 titled, “$80bn future submarine program runs aground, again”. You are to treat the submarine contract as a continuing effort with no prospect of being halted and restarted in another form. Remember you are producing a consulting report, not a research report. All recommendations must be based exclusively on details contained in the article nominated above. As the tendering and competitive evaluation process is deemed to have been handled well it is specifically excluded from the scope of your submission.

The scope of the task:

Please read the press report:

https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/5422-80-billion-future-submarine-program-runs-aground-again

You have been bought into the submarine project to advise the Australian government on the following four questions:

1.    What do you see as the objectives of the submarine project? Think beyond just the operational requirements and consider all stakeholders and all benchmarks the lead project manager should consider. Which of these objectives are likely to be met? Which are in jeopardy? And why?