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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Project failure"”.
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A systems approach to mitigation of project failure modes
… a systems approach towards the mitigation of project failure modes. The methodology used is the application of the Scope and Solution Neutrality principle to develop a general model for Project Systems using the Object- Process-Method (OPM) for systems modeling. By correlating the elements and …
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF PROJECT FAILURE IN GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: GHANA AS A CASE STUDY
In recent years, project management has become an important part of any organisation and/or government as a result of the changing nature of managing organisations due to technological advancement, and a complex, competitive global marketplace. Projects require huge capital outlay from …
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Integrating project management and change management to reduce information and technology (it) project failure. A soft systems methodology (ssm) enquiry into a failing it project at UNHCR, South Africa.
Background to the study – The continued failure of Information and Technology (IT) projects has generated a lot of interest in literature in recent times despite huge capital investments into the industry. However, the failure is not only attributed to technical deficiencies but there is a growing …
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An Analysis of the Effect of Environmental and Systems Complexity on Information Systems Failures
… systems developments are successful. Software project failure is frequent and lamentable. Surveys and statistical analysis results underscore the severity and scope of software project failure. Limited research relates software structure to information systems failures. Systematic study of …
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Rural-urban contextual data triangulation for international engineering project work
… of international engineering indicates that project failure is commonly a direct result of the exclusion of the community during important project and design decisions. This failure appears to be especially prominent for projects attempted in rural communities. The current emerging solution …
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The development of an integrative framework and capability maturity model for the planning and implementation of sustainable rural development projects
… invested heavily in implementing development projects in rural areas. This is in a bid to ensure that economic activities in these areas including Nigeria, are promoted and the general livelihood of rural dwellers improved in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which came into …
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A handbook for improving real estate project delivery in Malaysia : analysis, comparison and selecting the best method
… sector initiatives. As regards real estate project delivery methods in Malaysia, the most common form is the traditional design-bid-build method. The design-build method is getting some acceptance of late, whereas infrastructure projects do adopt the build-operate-transfer method. This …
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Model of leadership characteristics in addressing construction challenges
Failure of construction projects could be attributed from several challenges that emerged along the construction processes. These challenges are categorised as resources allocation, time, cost, quality, safety, project complexity, changes, uncertainties, and communication. It requires several …
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Synthesis of multi-cycle circuits from guarded atomic actions
… which often cannot be tested until late in the project. Failure to meet the requirements can result in costly delays as an alternative way of expressing the design intent is sought and experimented with. We offer a timing closure solution that does not suffer from these problems. We have …
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The Proactive Technology Project Recovery Function: A Methodological Analysis
Information Systems (IS) failure is widely recognized as a severe and ongoing problem within the IS community. As a significant component of IS failure, troubled IS project delivery is a particularly prevalent occurrence, as exemplified by only 34% of IT projects undertaken by Fortune 500 companies …
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Transformational egovernment success through enhanced project management
… side of the performance measurement scale. The project failure rate is so high that transformational eGovernment progress is stalling. The thesis used the mixed method research approach that included the design and implementation of a piloted and structured survey; data collection and analysis; …
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Project Fiasco: An Analysis of Ontario's Electronic Health Record Project
Policy failure is a recurring theme in large government technology projects. The Ontario Electronic Health Record (EHR) project is one of the most recent, and high profile, Canadian examples. The EHR project had two main phases – the design phase (in which the architecture of the system was …
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Measuring organisational readiness prior to IT/IS investment
The high percentage of IT/IS projects failure has led to a wide investigation efforts.Several studies have revealed that new or indeed major changes in IT/IS projects areaffecting people, processes, organisational structures and current IT infrastructure.The hardest thing when dealing with such …
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Project complexity and how to effectively measure complexity in projects: the case of a refuelling outage in a nuclear power generating plant
Background: Projects have become larger, technologically more sophisticated and are organised with a higher number of contractors and partners, compared to 40 years ago. The majority of large, complex capital projects often incur significant cost/budget and schedule overruns. Delays and cost …
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Public private partnership contract management failure in information technology service delivery: a qualitative inquiry into the South African Department of Labour ERP implementation project
This PhD research project investigated the failure of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) ICT service delivery project between the South African Department of Labour (DOL) and Siemens Information Services (SIS). The research investigated conditions contributing to management failure of the …
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Influence of stakeholder motivation on the outcome of IT projects.
… research estimates that 70 to 90 per cent of IT projects fail to achieve the anticipated outcome. An analysis of relevant studies in Chapter 1 reveals numerous symptoms (project risks) that may explain why IT projects fail to such a large extent, and gives recommendations (risk strategies) on how …
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Modelling Project Complexity for Leadership Decision Making and Success in the Building Construction Industry in Lagos, Nigeria
Construction projects improve the built environment and human civilisation. However, the challenges arising from project complexity in the strategic era of Project Management (PM) have resulted in majority of projects around the world failing to deliver to stakeholders’ satisfaction. Particularly, …
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Applying project risk management principles to manage business start-up risk : a proposed training tool
… tool should assist with minimising the risk of failure and therefore support increased growth and survival of small businesses. The research questions aimed at achieving the primary objective deal with: *The typical risks per start-up phase for small businesses *How to mitigate the risk per …
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Risk assessment for change management within project management: a hierarchical model process approach
The field of modern project management is not new, and what seems to have changed over the past decade is the evolution of techniques applying theory into practice. This had as a consequence for the need to standardise and structure different processes of project management, in a detailed, …
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