Part 1: you are asked to choose a pair of projects from the same class e.g. stadium construction, disaster relief, high-speed rail development, enterprise automation, new product development, Olympic Games, etc. (think about how you would justify this), collect some initial data and information on these projects and prepare a brief (five minutes maximum) individual presentation on the proposed choice of projects, including some preliminary analytical results (see below). These analytics can then be used in your final report.
The following questions will be critical and should guide you through the process of developing content for the proposal presentation:
1/ Why are the selected projects interesting and what is so unique about them within their reference class?
2/ What aspects of the projects are worth attention, what PM knowledge areas are you planning to investigate and why?
3/ Have you found enough resources (past case studies, books, datasets, web-sites) to be able to tackle a specific pair of projects?
4/ What was the form of project management taken and methodology employed in both cases?
5/ What system structure did the projects use?