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Why Projects Fail?

The National Children's Hospital & Its Failure Projects are defined as the following:  a complex, non-routine, one-time effort limited by time and resources such as finance, with specifications designed to meet customer needs, bringing beneficial change or added value.  According to Mieritz (2012) projects mainly fail due to two reasons: functional issues & delays. They can also fail due to quality issues, high cost, cancellations, failure of implementation or rejection by management to get the 'go ahead'. There are four stages within a project which include:  Defining, the project objectives, goals & teams are selected  Planning, detailing the specific of the project such as the equipment, staff & financial requirements in the form of a budget along with defining the quality expected Executing is the largest phase of a project in which the product is created & produced along with documentation and reports to illustrate...