The Dublin Light Rail LUAS project at the time of its initial roll-out in 2004 was trumpeted as

"the biggest and boldest public transport project since the foundation of the State".However,

The Dublin Light Rail LUAS project at the time of its initial roll-out in 2004 was trumpeted as

"the biggest and boldest public transport project since the foundation of the State".However,

the project wassubstantially delayed andran significantly overbudget. This has been common in some of Ireland's large infrastructure projects.

Research and review this project concentrating on the following issues:

1. Review and discuss the background to the project, focusing on how costs escalated from an original estimate that was much lower than final outturn costs. (20 marks)

2. Which stage of this project in your opinion was the main reason for 'failure'?

Initiation

Planning

Execution

Controlling

Closure

As part of this, make reference to some of the common causes that lead to project failures and refer to evidence, if available, of this in the context of the project.

3. Prepare andsubmit a work breakdown structureoutlining the majorstages / work packages that might be formulated as part of planning / scheduling for this project.

4. submit a lesson learnt log for this write up