ResNet Question and Answer – Project Mgmt

Below are the questions for the ResNet case. The summary write up should be no more than 4 pages.
1. What was Fay’s role in initiating ResNet? Why did she succeed when other NWA employees in the IS Department, who had similar ideas years earlier, did not?
2. What role did senior managers, Peeter, and Arvid have in initiating ResNet? Did they make good decisions? Would you make the same decisions?
3. What were some of Peeter’s strengths as a project manager? How do these strengths relate to concepts discussed in earlier chapters?
4. Review the executive summary Peeter prepared to help justify investing in ResNet. What points were made to convince the finance committee to support the project?
5. Discuss the major differences between the three ResNet projects. What was the emphasis for each project? How might each be managed differently?