The Collins Class Submarine Project

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This report was commissioned to review the Collins Class Submarine Project “Deep trouble”. The primary objective of this report is to analyses the dimensions of risk that need continuous management due to inter-relationships of all elements within Project Management and the importance of stakeholders. The topic was researched through extensive sources, including government bodies, course materials and other sources to provide the relevant information.

The program to design and construct the Collins Class Submarine has become one of the most complex and expensive Defence procurement programs in history. It was devised to replace the existing Oberon submarine fleet. The Collins Class Submarine program demonstrated the capacity of Australian industry to manufacture a world-class submarine. Nonetheless, the procurement of the Collins Class Submarines has not been without criticism. The program has experienced various project management issues that ultimately lead to increased costs and time delays. This report will address these issues along with traditional Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and non-traditional KPIs and their interrelationships.

This report summarises and addresses traditional and non-traditional Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to elaborate upon lessons learnt from the Collins class submarine project. This improved project management practices and highlights the importance of quality, time and budget throughout the entirety of the project. This report is presented from the Project managers perspective to identify risk. It will then analyse how they are managed throughout the project lifecycle, how they affect project performance and why it is important to identify where deficit is coming from and how to address it. This is where KPI’s are used to indicate issues using an appropriate scaling system relating to the Collins project requirements of:

Not only did we have ships, but we had a device called the Turtle. Invented nearly 150 years before, it was not until the Revolutionary War that the submarine would be used in combat. A man named David Bushnell would develop the Turtle to deploy underwater mines. The Turtle would fail all of its missions and would be lost at the Battle of Fort Lee when the ship transporting it would be sunk. “Despite the failures of the Turtle, General George Washington gave Bushnell a commission as an Army engineer…After the war, he became commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.”(History 1).

A submarine is defined as “something that functions or operates underwater; specifically: a naval vessel designed to operate underwater.” This definition holds true today but started at the beginning of the Civil War when submarines originally became a popular choice of weaponry. In general, submarine crews were composed of a commander, who steered the boat, and six or more men who used hand cranks to move the boat. Many inventors intended on creating electric motors to move the boat, but they were unable to produce enough torque. Submarines were primarily used in combat because they could travel invisibly. Innovations like submarines did not just change the way people fought wars–they also changed the way people lived.

Submarines, also known as U-boats. This U-boat was able to attack ships underwater without being spotted. The only Major problem is that it broke the International law. When the Germans attack a neutral ship, they are supposed to warn them beforehand but

Before World War II, the submarine was very predictable and easily managed with detection systems, depth detection, and antisubmarine forces. The aircrafts were harder to manage, and could easily penetrate enemy territory. It was not so predictable.[xii]

U-boats were military submarines used by Germany in the war as a weapon. When the German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg proclaimed Germany’s purpose to use unrestricted submarine warfare, his one main concern was that it would aggravate an American response – in this he was to be precise. By 1917, the war was not going okay for Germany on the Western Front. Unrestricted submarine warfare was an outcome of anxiety and the belief that the fierceness of such a tactic might just keep America out of the war if the outcomes were remarkable and outrageous enough.

These four management tools will be used to collaborate and organize key information from PMBOK, the information will then be directly compared to facts collected in the Federation Square project case study to decipher where the project went wrong and learn from management’s mistakes.

A submarine that may be unfamiliar to you was called the Pioneer. It was later renamed the H.L Hunley. The most well known submarine during the American Civil War. This submarine belonged to the Confederate States of America. It played a small part in the American Civil War. The Hunley, nearly 4 high and 15ft wide ,was built in Mobile, Alabama and launched in July 1863. The Hunley sank the USS Housatonic on February 1864. The Pioneer or shall I say the H.L Hunley became the first ship ever to sink an enemy vessel during a war, but sadly the submarine itself sank along with all of the crew members. No survivors. What they did is they drilled a hole in the enemy vessel and put the dynamite into that hole and ignited the dynamite to blow a

By analysing these areas it is apparent there are lessons to be learnt when undertaking enormous projects that are exposed to numerous external pressures. Whilst there were many significant negative issues that ascended from this project, it must be emphasised that over due time, Federal Square has developed itself into a cultural epicenter that feeds a thriving city.

Project Management Institute. (2000). _A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (4th ed.)._

Submarines were effective and best known for sneaking on the enemy. They were lightly armored and served as easy prey if discovered. It also had small crew numbers which made it hard to take prisoners from captured steamships. Despite these reasons, the Germans were non reluctant to break the international rules of warfare. The Germans attacked and sank the British passenger ship carrying American civilians on board. The American people were in disbelief and accused Germany of violating international rules. However Germany disagreed to the accusations.

In this report, it will use Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to analysis Shanghai Maglev Train Project Plan. PMBOK is an inclusive term that describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of Project Management; it involves project integration, scope, HR, cost, quality, communications, risk, procurement, and time management.