Success Criteria and Factors for International Development Projects: A Life-Cycle-Based Framework

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Ba Khang ◽  
Tun Lin Moe
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Project Completion ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Success Criteria ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Project Life

The paper presents a new conceptual model for not-for-profit international development projects that identifies different sets of success criteria and factors in the project life-cycle phases and then provides the dynamic linkages among these criteria and factors. The model can serve as a basis to evaluate the project status and to forecast the results progressively throughout the stages. Thus, it helps the project management team and the key stakeholders prioritize their attention and scarce development resources to ensure successful project completion. Empirical data from a field survey conducted in selected Southeast Asian countries confirm the model's validity and also illustrate important managerial implications.

scholarly journals Project Managers’ Competencies in International Development Projects: A Delphi Study

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110581
Author(s):  
Rabia Bashir ◽  
Aymen Sajjad ◽  
Shahid Bashir ◽  
Khawaja Fawad Latif ◽  
Saman Attiq
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
International Development ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Execution Monitoring ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Critical Competencies ◽  
Project Life

Project Managers’ (PMs) competencies are critical issues for international development projects (IDPs), and the success of IDPs is largely dependent on how prudently and effectively a PM manages the IDPs operations. So far, the topic of PMs Competencies is mainly explored in the private sector context using a survey-based research approach, and very few attempts have been made to examine the competencies of PMs in the IDPs sector. Accordingly, this study examines the PMs’ competencies at each phase of the project life cycle (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing) by drawing on the sample of 15 PMs from the IDPs’ sector by employing a Delphi method, which enables aggregation of experts’ opinions in a more structured and systematic manner. Findings of this study proposed five of the most critical competencies within each phase of the project life cycle and ranked based on their relative importance, for example, leadership, communication, planning, innovation, motivation, etc. The findings contribute to emerging literature and bring new insights on project managers’ competencies in the IDPs sector.

Software Testing Strategy

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Fatma Molu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Banking System ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Project Completion ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Project Life

Complex financial conversion projects with large budgets have many different challenges. For companies that want to survive in conditions of tough competition, legacy (old) systems must continue to provide the required service throughout the project life cycle and in some circumstances even after project completion partly. In this case, the term coexistence comes into prominence. During this period, testing phase takes more critical role while integration systems' complexity and risk amount increase. Determining testing approach to use is essential to make sure both transformed and legacy systems provide service synchronously. In this paper, testing practices applied in the long conversion processes are discussed. Primarily, the basic features of the critical financial systems are addressed and then the main adoption methods in the literature are summarized. Then a variety of testing methodologies are presented depending on those adoption methods. These samples based on real-life experiences of transformation project. The most extensive example of real-time online financial systems is core banking systems. This paper covers the testing life cycle process of the large scale project of core banking system transformation project of a bank in Turkey.

scholarly journals Sustainable modeling the life cycle of a real estate development project

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 04041
Author(s):  
Elena Gusakova
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Project Life

The most well-thought-out strategic planning of real estate development projects is an extremely urgent task. A real estate development project affects the building area throughout the life cycle. The modern concept of the planning horizon of a development project should be based on the analysis of its full life cycle and the consideration of various positive and negative external effects in design decisions. For this purpose, the accumulated representative experience has been studied, the most relevant and demanded areas of forecast analysis have been identified and analyzed, which determine the strategy and specifics of real estate development projects in the early stages. The following specific areas of analysis of the development project were identified: the long-term trend of development of the building t area, scenarios of the project life cycle, the adaptability of project decisions to changes, involvement of interests of groups of the territorial community in the project, the integration of positive effects at the stages of the project life cycle, the multiplier effects of the project. The structure of the positive effects of the forecast analysis of the project is systematized, the accounting of which extends and strengthens the strategic planning of development and becomes the most significant competitive advantage of the project.

Integrated eCare in Dementia

2014 ◽  
pp. 314-331
Author(s):  
Sarah Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Family Carers ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Satisfaction Rating ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Provider Organization ◽  
The Web

This chapter describes the evaluation of the INDEPENDENT project as it was implemented in Ireland. The project in Ireland consisted of the collaboration of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, a not-for-profit organization providing services for people with dementia and their family carers, and Tunstall Emergency Response (TER), a commercial telecare provider organization. A joint client database was developed that provided information on alerts and events generated by the telecare system to ASI staff. An evaluation was undertaken with family carers, staff, and key stakeholders in ASI and TER. The telecare packages were given a high satisfaction rating by family carers. The Web portal was seen as beneficial by staff, in that it provided close-to-real time access to information on telecare alerts and events that could enhance care planning. However, staff regarded the portal as difficult to navigate and use. Key informants in ASI and TER both viewed the Web portal as enhancing the reputation of their organization.

Revisiting Project Definition/Initiation for Telemedicine Services

2020 ◽  
pp. 1215-1241
Author(s):  
Suzanne J. Wood ◽  
Cynthia M. LeRouge ◽  
Bengisu Tulu ◽  
Joseph Tan
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Multiple Domains

Healthcare organizations and stakeholders are profoundly challenged in transiting a telemedicine project into a sustainable telehealth service line. While project management best practices have added values across multiple domains, a knowledge gap exists on informed execution of telehealth best practices. Project definition, or initiation, sets the strategic vision (and plan) for a project. It is the predominant stage in a project. As project initiation hugely defines project success, revisiting this stage for telemedicine may help to inform key actors on ways to achieve an optimal delivery of such services. Indeed, winning telehealth services require well-knitted intra- and inter-organizational collaboration on technology adoption across different organizational arrangements and among key stakeholders. Hence, a model redefining key project initiation components is used to drive our analysis. Drawing from collected data of a multisite telestroke implementation and anchoring on the model's conceptualization, the authors explore in-depth how project initiation can be strategically framed within the telemedicine context. The interpretative findings from the data analysis, with each case surmising a distinct telemedicine business model, provide further insights on the collaborative uptake of telestroke programs. More specifically, the authors extend the analysis through comparative examination of key factors that promote or impede adoption via the lens of five distinct telecare business models: (1) the outsourced model; (2) the alliance model; (3) the not-for-profit private hospital network model; (4) the not-for-profit university sponsored network model; and (5) the for-profit private hospital network model. Together, the insights provided by this contribution will help efforts directed towards contextualizing key elements of project initiation in telemedicine and highlight the alignments of critical factors that can impact future telehealth efforts.

Integrated eCare in Dementia

2019 ◽  
pp. 90-110
Author(s):  
Sarah Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Family Carers ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Satisfaction Rating ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Provider Organization ◽  
The Web

This chapter describes the evaluation of the INDEPENDENT project as it was implemented in Ireland. The project in Ireland consisted of the collaboration of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, a not-for-profit organization providing services for people with dementia and their family carers, and Tunstall Emergency Response (TER), a commercial telecare provider organization. A joint client database was developed that provided information on alerts and events generated by the telecare system to ASI staff. An evaluation was undertaken with family carers, staff, and key stakeholders in ASI and TER. The telecare packages were given a high satisfaction rating by family carers. The Web portal was seen as beneficial by staff, in that it provided close-to-real time access to information on telecare alerts and events that could enhance care planning. However, staff regarded the portal as difficult to navigate and use. Key informants in ASI and TER both viewed the Web portal as enhancing the reputation of their organization.

The regulation of cross-border audits of development NPOs: a legitimacy perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-414
Author(s):  
Thomas Ahrens ◽  
Frank Fabel ◽  
Rihab Khalifa
Keyword(s):  
Development Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Context Variables ◽  
Audit Regulation ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Accounting Rules ◽  
Cross National

Purpose The audit of development funds that flow between development not-for-profit organisations (DNPOs) is virtually free from effective external regulation. When programme DNPOs subcontract development work to field DNPOs, they are under current international audit rules free to specify audit frameworks that are limited to the accuracy of the books. Questions of the efficacy of the development work can thus be bracketed off. This paper aims to develop an argument for improving the regulation of cross-national audits of DNPOs. Design/methodology/approach Based on a review of the applicable audit regulation and ongoing debates of legitimacy and accountability, this paper articulates a series of problems that should be considered in the regulation of cross-national DNPO audits with reference to their specific legitimacy communities. Findings The special consideration that is due to the beneficiaries of development activities suggests that cross-national DNPO audits should be regulated not just with reference to general audit and accounting rules. Consideration should be given as well to some of the key context variables that potentially have a bearing on the likelihood that the audited development programmes meet the claims of the legitimacy community of development. These can include the level and depth of accountability afforded to the beneficiaries, potentially conflicting legitimacy relationships, the nature of admissible records for the audit and the provisions for programme funds to cover the overheads of field DNPOs. Practical implications The managerial implications of this paper concern the regulation, commissioning and conduct of cross-national DNPO audits. The authors propose a series of remedies to the scoping of field DNPO audits in a cross-national context. Originality/value Focusing on the functioning of cross-border NPO audits, this paper adds an important facet to ongoing discussions about the accountability of current regulation to represent the new interdependencies brought about by the forces of globalisation.

From the stakeholder viewpoint: designing measurable objectives

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 40-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Practical Situation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Key Stakeholders

PurposeThis article seeks to review how objectives are conventionally designed for organizations before detailing a new and proven approach based on the author's many years of research and consulting experience. The practical situation on which the article aims to focus is strategic planning, a process in which CEOs, middle managers and directors on boards find themselves frequently involved.Design/methodology/approachThe outlined objective‐setting methodology is the result of more than two decades of action research. The author has worked with organizations across all sectors – private, public and not‐for‐profit – to develop meaningful and measurable objectives during the course of designing their strategic plans.FindingsMost organizations flounder when it comes to objective setting. They come up with lists of objectives that are a mixture of quantified and non‐quantified items or restatements of mission, vision and values; they are often vague and general and are assembled as one undifferentiated block, i.e. not segmented according to an organization's key stakeholders. No wonder managers find the conventional process of objective‐setting both frustrating and ineffective. In contrast, the author has found that the approach outlined in this article engages participants and produces clear and measurable outcomes.Originality/valueOrganizations in all sectors – business, government and not‐for‐profit – can benefit greatly by re‐thinking their current practices and changing the way they go about designing their objectives. The approach outlined herein has solved many conceptual and practical problems managers face and led to the design of organization objectives that really shape precise strategies.

(Re-)Building Communities: A Case Study in Architectural Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Hanne van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Summer School ◽  
Considerable Increase ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Humanitarian Relief ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Summer Schools

Although recent years have seen a considerable increase in the number of people living in abominable conditions as well as a rapid increase in the incidence of natural disasters rendering thousands of people homeless, few architects are aware of the possible contribution they could make to both development and humanitarian relief. This paper focuses on a particular series of educational workshops for architects and architecture students interested in the field of development and participatory practice: the Summer Schools organised by Architecture Sans Frontières - UK, a not-for-profit organisation that focuses on both equitable and sustainable approaches to development. It looks at the observations from the participants on the workshops and building exercise of one particular ASF-UK Summer School focusing on ‘Vulnerability and Risk: Rebuilding Communities after Disaster’ held between the first and the sixth of September 2006, at the Eden Centre in Cornwall, in collaboration with International Development in Extreme Environments (IDEE), discussing the aims and setup of this workshop, the lessons it attempted to bring across as well as participants' experiences.

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