Denver International Airport Risk Analysis

Question 1 [16 Marks]

Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado is getting concerned about the project and has asked your consulting firm to take make a Risk Assessment of the project.

For each of these organizations, identify 4 risks they have taken and describe how they might be avoided, [or might have been avoided, if they have already happened].

Question 2 [6 marks]

Carry out a SWOT Analysis to assess the current status of the project

Question 3 [18 marks]

Take the SIXmost significant outstanding Risks from your previous analysis and develop a Risk Plan.

Solution

Denver International Airport / BAE Case Study

Team Members:

1. Abhishek Natarajan

2. Divyang Dalal

3. Timothy Jogbodo

4. Robert Watters

5. Jasvir Benewal

6. Jahsai Ashley

The date is April 1992 and the City of Denver has just awarded BAE a contract to build an integrated automated baggage system

There are four main participants in this project:

• The City of Denver

• Denver International airport

• BAE

• Airlines

Question 1 [16 Marks]

Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado is getting concerned about the project and has asked your consulting firm to take make a Risk Assessment of the project.

For each of these organizations, identify 4 risks they have taken and describe how they might be avoided, [or might have been avoided, if they have already happened].

Four Main Participants In This Project:

1. The City of Denver

• Risk: Bringing the external consultant at a very later point of time

Avoidance:

For a project of this scale, Independent consultants should be hired at the beginning of the project to have continuous assessments on the project.

• Risk: Bidding process initiated too late

Project started behind schedule

Avoidance:

Postpone the start date or obtain bids earlier