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This sectfoa is 2resenteC i . ~ an effarc ta aid those persons
pLanning future vater devefcp=ent prcjects. These comments and
opinions are applicable ta any Xizfs'ry or Agency planning to
conducz water resource develap;e;lt pra?ects. What has happened
during the coarse GZ +%;- ,,A= proSect is history, and cannot be
ckanged. The experience mzst, hexever, serve as a guide to what
could be iz the future.
A prerequisite $or ---"ect P.+-~A success is that those responsible
for iapLe3aztlon kave the a~tkcrity xecassary to exercise
co~trol over al: aspects cf the project. When this function is
divided, the chzzces of szccess in tke project are greatly
reduced. Xn tae fgPLo~ing sectkczs, those aspects af the
p~ofect that were
discussed.
affected by s L4~A, 12ck of control are
A11 nezrSers of the Cozs~l:a:~~s staff expressed the same
feeling with regard to psrson~el - frustration at the lack of
co3trol experie~ced frcm nat being . - able to hire and fire. On
nsr,erous occasiozs, certzix in2:vzduals were reported to be nut
perforning zdetpazefy, Q zat at arl. Although frequently
repor:ed, these i~5ividurls xere alloyed to remain on the job,
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ostezsibly bect~se af tke :zaDL~;zy to Sicd replacements.
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conszitzxr was azare of Eke
T*
-~oSl~z,s faced by WDA in
not being able ta offer zdequ~le salaries to attract and retain
qualified staff. 0z 5cture pzc:ects, it wozl5 be advantageous
co pr~vir2e the csnsulxant wirh rhe means to hire the staff
. .
regired to get t5e 205 dcne. XLter~atiueTy, the consultant
shasld have equal right of zcceptapce or dismissal of staff and
countergarts pxcvided.
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Ose cf tkb dlfficxlties in ,4A,i~~i~g
.
The objeczives of the
?zoject was tke failure of ap2rocriare szpplies and equipment to
be delivered in a cizely zazner. ff possibSe, the team selected
ro iaslezie~t rhe project s3scli be responsible for eqipment
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sefecrion. Zceei-y, an advance zeaz shoxLd be brs~ght in to set
~3 uhatsver Izfrastr:c~:re Is rezuixed to carry - ost the work,
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,nls yea2 ~.igfi= z~nsisz of tke ;rs>ec% F-~nzger, acd one or two key -erson~el r zf disci~l Ixes a>prcpsiste zo zhe prcject being
cozsldered. where delive rlv tims are kxoxn to be ug to a year, -
this sdvance tea; shs-cld be zobilized for a short t e n of one or
tuo zozths, ace t5es recalled ziZh Eke fclZ team when basic
sxp2Lies azd eq-:iszent axrive i~-co~.i~tr~.