Good day. This is a case study on International donor agencies-africa. please assist with the correct answers for the following questions: Question 1: Critically analyse the above case study and construct an argument around why you believe the project had failed. In your discussion explain which elements of good project management were absent and how this affected the outcome of the project. Question 2: Based on your understanding of project management, what are the skills that you believe that the project manager from the case study would have needed to make the project a success? Substantiate your views. Question 3: analyse the project in the case study and compose what you believe to be the projects life cycle. You MUST explain each stage by applying the context given in the case study.
Project type Bouche es and wells (deve osin unity Water sources Date : Jul 2016 Cost : $260M one or the UN's sustainable Development Goals fina's) is to increase access to doan water and purutation facilities for communities that currency lack sach fardities. In many rural areas of subsaharan Africa, it is not creammon to walk a few iniles ca the nearest borehole to get clean water for daily consumption. International donor agenicles are resaanding in fond measure and although many positive strides have been made, reports Indicate that as much as $860 million SD have bron spent on building boreholes and walls that quickly became inoperative (and in some cases Reasons cited lor about 50, C00 non-functioning water are amongst others; poor construction, lack of expertice and experience, poor supervision, failure caused by good users, and poor technology choice Temple tend to make assumplans about why water on inces fall and blame a lack of spare parts, "harcine, maintenance problems on climate change. for examale. But often, the cause is not clear Casey and Carter, WaterAid Glahall. Those reasons for failure Take sense but may not tell the full The .IN's 2080 506 peak call for beal community level participation in water and sanitation managerient projects Funding indulives Irvin doneis are commendable, however, they sometimes fell short where it matters most. Establishing borehole and well infrastructure requires more than just implementation, it requires post-project support. In many cases, the Implementation of water infrastructure projects is a battle half won because the donors/ sponsor fall to modder elements that quaranter that projects deliver long-term value. The scope of such projects needs to consider not only the installation but abo the capecity building activities that ensure the Infrastructure receives the appropriate semaing and levels of support needed to ensure it's Ing-term viability. Lack of capacity Guild is underlies many failed donor funded projects, To overcome the problem, sponsors need w direct their efforts and advocate for mandatory project skills related to capacity building at local authority level to increase chances that projects deliver on the value they were intended for in the first place. National agencies in respective countries who receive funding and tasked to unplement national initiativesshould insist that skills development to ensure sustainability are an integral part of the funding proposition. Project management training from reputable organizations can increase the financial investment value to establish elven dater n Tastructure, and more importantly, add to the justa natdily that will guarantee that borehele and well user can benefit over the longer tam from clean water. Contributing facto reported in the press Operational dysfunction, lack of support mo enture long term sustainability (Focal imbelance failures], insufficient cavecity building at the local level. Is lure to ensure availabury of sufficient resources, lack of project manager ent training and support
