Could be the last?: in response I have cut and paste what I put in another thread
When a company is asked to produce a product to do a, b & c, after winning a contract in competition with other manufacturers, build the product and then the customer asks wether said company can all of a sudden re-design the aircraft to do d, e & f as well and you all expect all this additional design, development and testing to be done within the original timescales and cost.
1. The project manager is not in a position to shut the project down, he has to project manage to cater for the weather, spares and a customer who still wants the aircraft, but changes the goal posts.
2. The customer was given what he wanted a while back, but wanted extras added after the project has started and as the customer still wants/needs the aicraft they are not going to cancel either.
3. When has the project failed before?
Having completed the basic project management course I suggest you get some experience or go on an advanced project management course and find out what real project management is all about in the real world.