International Donor Agencies – Africa

Following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” – a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world. International Donor Agencies – Africa Project type : Boreholes and wells (developing community water sources) Date : Jul 2016 Cost : $360M Synopsis : One of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is to increase access to clean water and sanitation facilities for communities that currently lack such facilities. In many rural areas of sub Saharan Africa...
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Focal Imbalance Failure

The following entry is part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of behaviours and events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Focal Imbalance Failure  In brief : Project team focuses their energies into certain parts of the project while paying insufficient attention to other critical aspects of the project. Description : Project success requires all critical aspects of the project be addressed. Failure to address one o...
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Quality Kaboom

The following entry is a part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Name : Quality Kaboom Type : Behavioral pattern (patterns that shape the sequence or flow of events) In brief : Quality activities are pushed to the end of the development cycle allowing hidden problems to grow in magnitude.  High levels of rework only become apparent late in the project cycle. Description : All projec...
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