Blue Spider Case Study

Question 1

If I were Gary Anderson, I would not accept to take up the position of a project manager after the director stated that this project would be his baby all the way (Dawn, 2010). This statement shows that the director will overshadow the project and potentially become a hindrance to ultimate outcome of the project. There is a possibility of conflict of interest developing.

Question 2

Gary was not qualified as a project manager. Gary’s experience was in production engineering (Dawn, 2010). In all the seven years of his experience at Parks Corporation, Gary was never involved in project management at any capacity in the case study. Lack of prior experience disqualifies him as a good project manager. Gary’s appointment was to ensure that Gable retains substantial control and manipulative ability of the project, which is a subjective qualification.

Question 3

The first moral and ethical issue facing Gary is lying to the customer. From the inception of the project, Gable made it clear that Gary had to be willing to lie to the customer (Dawn, 2010). The second issue is Gary’s quest to avoid overworking other team members. As a result, Gary ended up doing the largest portion of the project working sixteen hours a day. Gary delayed updating stakeholders leading to project delays and unproductive meetings. Gary failed to admit that he was poor at administrative work.

Question 4

Paul Evans should not have been allowed to report information to Gable before reporting to Gary because Gary was the head of the project team while Gable was a management support. This fissure in leadership contributed to communication breakdown. Evans knew from experience that Gable was increasingly manipulative and he needed to manipulate results prior ...

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Question 9

Functional employees should not be authorized to make project decisions because they might make extravagant decisions that might have huge financial implications. On the contrary, functional employees should be allowed to make contribution of ideas and advice to improve the project. The project management team should have autonomy in decision-making.

Question 10

It is possible to have a singular methodology for project management to specify morality and ethics when dealing with customers. Application of agile project management approaches like Atern offer a more inclusive approach for stakeholders including consistent update and revision of strategies. When the project manager violates protocol, all stakeholders should come together, clarify issues of violation, and set standards for all to follow.

Works Cited

Dawn. (2010). The Blue Spider Project.