Task 3: Interesting Interest

The ongoing construction of Storting’s project is among the most significant project that Norway has undertaken with the last 20 years. The project was scheduled to be completed last year; however, this objective has not been achieved due to sudden changes that have hampered implementation. A report published by (The Office of the Auditor General's Investigation) has provided information that increased speeding by the project has gone over the budgeted amount which has significantly impacted how the Storting’s project is being managed. Following substantial cost increases, the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament) asked the Office of the Auditor General to review the entire construction project Prinsens gate 26 etc. There, increased traction of the completion of this project has called for reviews on how construction roles are being conducted, how the decisions are made, implementation mechanism, and the authorization of the budgets throughout the process.

Storting’s project is the Norwegian Parliament that was due to for construction to facilitate the refurbishment for the Prinsens gate 26 and, more so, enhance the construction of new reception of goods and facilities within the Wessel Plass. In addition, the project's primary scope entailed the improvement of the existing façade and various activities were associated with the construction have increased the loopholes and the traction that has raised regarding the question on accountability between various players and the speed in which the project is being accomplished. While most stakeholder affected and arguing and providing reasons for the change has postulated that there are various reason for increased conflict, it is evident that facts such change in scope have played a critical role in informing how the project is managed. Besides, in most case, change in scope will lead to an increased cost which might inflate the conflict based on the fact that claims of accountability and avoidance of unnecessary speeding have not been addressed.

Project stakeholders

       I.            The government

To successfully deliver the aims of a project, there are various related parties that are involved in fructifying these affairs. While the stakeholders of a certain project will depend on the extent and the objective of the project being commissioned, it is clear that players such as project donor, project managers, and the beneficiaries are always presented during the process of completing a project undertaking (Prencipe & Count, 2001). Therefore, significant projects, either for private or for government agenda will have varying stakeholder. For example, a project that is commissioned to benefits a particular region of the country will have the citizen within the region as the major stakeholder since they determine the nature of the service or good required. On the same note, different stakeholders will have different roles to play in the course of running the project.

First, the government is the major stakeholder of the Storting’s project. Being a national government affair, the government is at the center of all the affairs and wishes to ensure the implementation is successful. While the primary interest of the government is to ensure service delivery to the citizen, Storting’s project has, therefore, to be conducted in a manner that will ensure value for money. In addition, the government, being the primary donor, requires the project implementers to take into consideration the transparency and proper utilization of the public funds. Therefore, other players who are involved with the project implementation have to comply with government's recommendation in order to reduce friction with the government agents and other regulatory bodies.

How this project should relate to the government

The conduct of the project, according to the Olander, Stefan, & Landin (2005), is the only way that the government can illustrate...