Cis517 Assignment 1: It Project Management Assessment

Assignment 1: IT Project Management Assessment

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Assignment 1: IT Project Management Assessment

After World War II, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union spawned a period of mutual suspicions, heightened tensions, and a series of international incidents known as the Cold War that brought the nations to the brink of war (Cold War, n.d.). This dark time in history has long since passed, but the consequences of preparing for war had not been forgotten here at home. For much of this Cold War, Fernald Feed Materials Production Center in Cincinnati, Ohio supplied uranium metals for the United States military. In 1989, the facility was closed, leaving much of the radioactive waste material sitting dormant awaiting environmental cleanup. The cleanup of the facility’s materials began in December 1992 and completed in 2006 by the Fluor Corporation. “Fluor closed the project 12 years earlier and $7.8 billion below initial estimates” (PMI Project of the Year, n.d.). The project’s success, hampered by the complex issues surrounding the environment and local population, shows the true value of properly planning through project management - and awarded Fluor Corporation the Project Management Institute Project of the Year Award in 2007.

Exceptional and Ethical Project Management Practices

The scope of the hazardous project was immense - 31 million pounds of nuclear product, multiple concrete silos full of dangerous sludge, radioactive waste pits, and a contaminated underground aquifer all needed to be rendered environmentally safe. On top of this, “during its production years Fernald was closed off to both the public and regulators. Not surprisingly, those 37 years of secrecy resulted in an angry and suspicious attitude from the surrounding community and the press” (PMI Project of the Year, n.d.). The enormity of the project required many projects happening simultaneously. This required exceptional project...