CHAPTER 5

Understanding Key Issues in Bank Project Management

During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the United States has witnessed cataclysmic events such as the attacks on September 11, 2001, the second Gulf War, and most recently, the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic that spread throughout not just the United States but the world. Over that same time-period, the United States has also witnessed several financial upheavals including the “.com” bubble burst of 2001, fallout from the September 11 attacks, and the CDO (collateralized debt obligation)/mortgage crisis of 2008 to name a few.

It is the job of the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to provide safety and stability to the U.S. banking ...

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