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Managing Soft Change Projects In The Public Sector, Lynn Crawford, Kerry Costello, Julien Pollack, Lesley Bentley
Managing Soft Change Projects In The Public Sector, Lynn Crawford, Kerry Costello, Julien Pollack, Lesley Bentley
Lynn Crawford
Public sector organisations worldwide are under pressure to increase efficiency while delivering improved and integrated services. Governments are promoting adoption of project-based management and use of formal project management methodologies developed in the context of essentially hard projects in industries where goals and methods are well defined. Problems in applying hard project management practice to the business of government and, in particular, to soft projects such as organisational change, challenge current project management standards and practices. Some writers and researchers have turned to soft systems thinking for enlightenment. They have identified possible links between project management practice and Soft Systems …
Causes Of Delay And Cost Overruns In Construction Of Groundwater Projects In Developing Countries: Ghana As A Case Study, Yaw Frimpong, Jacob Oluwoye, Lynn Crawford
Causes Of Delay And Cost Overruns In Construction Of Groundwater Projects In Developing Countries: Ghana As A Case Study, Yaw Frimpong, Jacob Oluwoye, Lynn Crawford
Lynn Crawford
Delay and cost overruns are common in construction projects and groundwater construction projects in Ghana are not an exception. The paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey conducted to identify and evaluate the relative importance of the significant factors contributing to delay and cost overruns in Ghana groundwater construction projects. Respondents of this survey included personnel from owners, consultants and contractors involved in groundwater projects in Ghana. The results of the study revealed the main causes of delay and cost overruns in construction of groundwater projects included: monthly payment difficulties from agencies; poor contractor management; material procurement; poor technical …