PAD 4131 University of Central Florida Obamacare Roll out Case Study
Instructions. Choose one of the four case studies below and answer all four questions in 750 words (total doc word count) based on your application of course content. You will receive 2 extra credit points on top of your final grade for completion. Not meeting the word count requirement will result in 0 points. Due Friday April 30 at 11am. No late work will be accepted.
- Provide a background on the project. What was the purpose of the project? What were the main deliverables?
- Based on your research and understanding, why did the project fail? Be sure to draw on prior lectures and readings to form your response.
- What could have been done differently to avoid project failure?
- What role, if any, did a lack of planning, leadership, scope management, or schedule management play in contributing to the failure of the project?
Fyre Festival
- https://medium.com/@nwanyifeadaobiako/fyre-festival-failure-project-management-lessons-learned-57c4d9a71edb (Links to an external site.)
- https://thepotentiality.com/four-project-management-lessons-from-the-fyre-festival/ (Links to an external site.)
- https://dzone.com/articles/five-reasons-the-fyre-festival-needed-a-program-ma (Links to an external site.)
Obamacare Roll Out
- https://www.govexec.com/management/2016/02/poor-leadership-derailed-obamacare-rollout-not-technology/126146/ (Links to an external site.)
- https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-rctom/submission/the-failed-launch-of-www-healthcare-gov/ (Links to an external site.)
- https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/technology/2013/12/failure-of-healthcare-gov-predictable.html (Links to an external site.)
Iowa Caucus App
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/07/what-exactly-is-happening-iowa-let-us-explain/ (Links to an external site.)
- https://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/what-your-business-can-learn-from-iowa-s-epic-app-failure (Links to an external site.)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2020/02/05/the-cybersecurity-202-iowa-caucus-app-is-latest-example-of-politicos-building-faulty-technology-with-disastrous-results/5e39b69d88e0fa7f82544648/ (Links to an external site.)
Boeing 737 Max
- https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/ (Links to an external site.)
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/danpontefract/2019/03/18/boeings-737-max-crisis-is-a-leadership-issue/#61c79ff26a0a (Links to an external site.)
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-boeings-737-max-failed-11553699239 (Links to an external site.)
