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Why do projects fail?

Project management has been around since the time of the pharaohs who built pyramids and temples to rival the biggest mega-projects today.

With today’s technology and decades of research into the subject, however, project managers are quickly becoming an indispensable resource in any project.

Still all projects fail. No matter how renowned the organization, how great the idea or how competent the management. Sometimes the cause is uncontrollable.

And sometimes you can do something about it.

What do you think are the main reasons for project failure and how can you overcome them?

What is the difference between Monitoring and Evaluation?

is a continuous process,
Usually carried out by someone close to the project,
Performed on a regular basis, measuring fixed parameters
Costs less in terms of time and funding,
Helps identify problems and project needs to take prompt action.

is a periodic process,
Best performed by a specialist who was not part of the project,
Performed on an intermittent basis at the end of the project or a number of phases,
More costly in terms of time, resources and funds required,
Gives a more detailed analysis of why outcomes were or were not achieved.

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References: Project Planning and Management Unit 10, CeDEP, SOAS

🖐️👉 Why do projects fail?

Project management has been around since the time of the pharaohs who built pyramids and temples to rival the biggest mega-projects today.

With today’s technology and decades of research into the subject, however, project managers are quickly becoming an indispensable resource in any project.

Still all projects fail. No matter how renowned the organization, how great the idea or how competent the management. Sometimes the cause is uncontrollable. And sometimes you can do something about it.

What are the main reasons for project failure and how can you overcome them?

🔥 Exceeding budget 49.5%
🔥Passing deadlines 45.8%
🔥Effective communication between team members 43.9%
🔥 Unclear distribution of roles 41.1%
🔥 Having defined and clear priorities 37.4%

So what do you do?

💧 Allocate clear tasks for every team member
💧 Focus on the value of the business instead of only technical details
💧 Find effective ways to gain usable data from your customers or clients
💧 Consistent monitoring of schedules, costs, quality and other factors
💧 A modifiable module for planning, implementation and evaluation of each new project

In the comments below we’d love hear what you think makes or breaks a project and you what you personally think of these proposed solutions?

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بدأ الأخوان جون وبيرت مشروعهم التجاري ببيع تي شيرتات لطلاب الجامعات الأمريكية من داخل سيارة مستعملة. 💵 وبالرغم من بساطة طبيعة عملهما، شغلهما السؤال: ماذا نريد أن نحقق في حياتنا؟ ما الرسالة التي نسعى لنشرها؟ 🤔
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Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) are all about the INDICATORS you use.

Let’s imagine you are the manager of a retail sales company. You want to take your business to the next level. You decide to supplement your brick-and-mortar store with an online store.

So the desired outcome is to refresh your by becoming an omnichannel supplier with both an OFFLINE and ONLINE presence.

You want to have defined, concise, time-bound and measurable goals.

You want to break down this huge project into levels, and monitor then evaluate each level separately.

Here is where indicators come in👇🏽

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Who uses Monitoring and Evaluation?
The United Nations’ organizations,
The World Bank Group,
USAID,
Governments, institutions and NGOs.

Why do you need to incorporate M&E as part of your business?
Because they help you translate your project into measurable and traceable components

which facilitates decision-making and

ensures that each level of your project serves the company’s goals and has real impact.

M&E shows you how to divide your project/programme into stages or levels. For each level you look at:

Input, Activities, Output, Outcome and Impact

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What: 🤔

Do all projects have and yet all projects need?

Is the way to measure the progress of your project? 🎚️

Tools can you implement to ensure you are achieving your objectives?🖱️

Do you use to measure whether or not your project is efficiently utilising resources?🔍

If you stopped funding your project? Will it still produce sustainable results?📈

The answer to all these questions is no more than 2 GOLDEN letters.

M and E.

If you’re a project manager in Egypt,
CEO of a well-established startup,
running an engineering, real estate, retail sales mega-project,
or if you’re hoping to progress as a project manager in the United Nations, Experts Management new series on Monitoring and Evaluation is for YOU.

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