Troubleshooting a problem project

We were invited to audit a project for a client. This project had missed its final delivery date, had overshot it´s budget and also failed to meet performance criteria in a number of key areas. Further, some software remained to be produced. These problems were due to lack of adequate project management infrastructure and this paper describes those techniques of project management which would have prevented these problems arising, and further how they contributed to a swift turnaround in the project once properly applied