Project Management

Project Management Case Studies CASE STUDY (20 Marks) You manage a hotel resort located on the South Beach on the Island of Kovai in Hawaii. You are shifting the focus of your resort from a traditional fan-in-the-sun destination to eco-tourism. Eco tourism focuses on environmental awareness and education. a) Convert the pool heating system from electric to solar system. b) Build a 4 mile nature biking trail. c) Renovate the horse bran. d) Replace the golf shop that accidently burned down after being struck by lightening. e) Launch a new promotional campaign with Hawaii airlines. f) Convert 12 adjacent acres into a wildlife preserve. g) Update all the bathrooms in condos that are 10 years old or older. h) Change hotel brouchers to reflect eco-tourism image. i) Test & revise disaster response plan. j) Introduce wireless internet services in café and lounge areas.

Answer the following question. Q1. How would you classify the above projects in terms of compliance, strategic and operational? Q2. How easy was it to classify these projects? Q3. What made same above projects more difficult than others? Q4. What do you think you now know that would be useful for managing projects at the hotel?