Following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” - a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world.
Waste Management Inc - USA
Project : Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation
Date : Mar 2008 Cost :$100M USD
Synopsis :
Enterprise Resource Planning system implementation fails to meet needs. Waste Management claim vendor used a dummy prototype for pre-sale demo while asserting that the solution was an out-of-the-box solution that would require no cus...
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Failed private sector project
British Airways – UK
Following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” - a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world.
British Airways PLC. / British Airports Authority
Project: Move of operations into Heathrow Terminal 5
Date: Apr 2008
Cost: $32M USD
Synopsis :
Opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 labeled a fiasco after 28,000 bags get lost and hundreds of flights are cancelled. Problems resulted in British Airways having to cease accepting passengers with bags to check-in while a backlog...
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Following entry is a record in the "Catalogue of Catastrophe" - a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world.
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (World’s largest arts festival)
Date : Jul 2008 Cost : Reports indicate a cost of £300,000 (but likely more)
Synopsis :
Implementation of a new on-line ticketing tool fails the day after production release. Seven weeks later after repeated outages, not a single ticket had been mailed out. Breakdown in advanced sales result in cash flow pr...
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