Answer to Question #224181 in Management for Bekelcha Gosaye As

Question

Organizations introduce projects with high outcome expectations, But many projects somehow fall short of such expectations, and owing to various reasons, they do not deliver the expected benefit flows to the target beneficiaries throughout their economic life. The reason could be attributed to many factors. Discuss these factors

Answer 1

The linked reasons for the failure of projects to deliver benefits that flow to the beneficiaries include the following:

a). Lack of proper preparation; This happens when there is inadequate documentation and tracking process that lack controlling systems for the projects. Besides, the failure to define and enforce project parameters also contributes to the failure of projects.  

b). Inexperienced project managers; This is where those entrusted to manage and control projects lack experience in terms of prior knowledge, skills, and expertise for project management.  

c). Lack of proper communication; This is where is no effective or very little communication happens at every level of management that leads to failure of projects.