Virtual Case File (11 Pages 4619 Words)

Executive Summary

The FBI Information Technology Upgrade Project (FITUP) was initiated in 2000, and, after five years of cascading problems, was abandoned for the Sentinel project in 2005. Estimated to cost 170M, VCF went over budget by approximately 330M (Nelson 2007). The project was meant to modernize the FBIs antiquated computer system and included a case management system, an evidence management system, and a records management system (Marchewka 2010). As we will discuss in the course of our case study, the Trilogy Project would fail for a number of reasons. Despite failing, Project Trilogy is not alone when it comes to project management blunders. According to the Standish Groups CHAOS report, only 16% of...