I’m trying to study for my Management course and I need some help to understand this question.
Answer the below questions after reading the respective case studies:
Case 13.3 “Dear Mr. President—Please Cancel our Project!”: The Honolulu Elevated Rail Project
- Why are public works projects like the Honolulu Rail project nearly impossible to stop once they have been approved, even if later cost estimates skyrocket?
- Project Management researchers have charged that many large infrastructure projects, like this one, suffer from “delusion” and “deception” on the parts of their advocates. Explain how “delusion” might be a cause of ballooning budgets in this project. How does “deception” affect the final project budget overruns?
Case Study 14.1—New Jersey Kills Hudson River Tunnel Project
- How would you respond to the argument that it is impossible to judge how successful a project like this one would have been unless you actually do it?
- Take a position, either pro or con, on Christie’s decision to kill the ARC. Develop arguments to support your point of view.
- In your opinion, how clearly must a large infrastructure project like ARC have determined its need, costs, and so forth before being approved? If the criteria are too stringent, what is the implication for future projects of this type? Would any ever be built?
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