Boston Big Dig

1-1 Boston Big Dig

Boston Big Dig is a notable example of mega project.

Following bullet points will describe how golden rules of SA are described in the case study

- RULE 6 Meet the dead line and the cost budget

Mega Project  No experience: because SA and other related personnel had no experience related to this project, had trouble with cost budgeting (constant underestimate of cost). Also due to the lack of experience, frequent design change caused the delay in schedule.

- RULE 8 Non-User must be considered in the Analysis

Fact that the project was running in the middle of busy city, single move could affect many business and citizens. Also there were many community and social costs to cover.

- RULE 9 Universal model is a fantasy

Such complex project like this one and as mentioned in the case study, uncertain subsurface infrastructure, can never be explained or expected from mathematical model. Also for such project, innovation was necessity.

- RULE 10 Role of decision maker in public system is often a confused one

Lack of centralized decision maker for all core function of the project caused significant cost escalation

- RULE 1 There always is a client

Mega project may confuse SA, who is real client. Without identifying or clarifying that the project will lose its original objective. This case study shows SA considered variety types of clients (governments, stakeholder, residents, and others) to satisfy their mutual interests.

1-2 Large Scale System (ITS)

Because ITS projects are unique, it is hard to plan/decide how to pursue the project. Also, it will cost large