In most Asian and African countries, peoples consider a project is successful if the project is completed within timeline, cost and according to the agreed quality, however, they ignore other factors like environment, social value and safety. Are these the main reasons for the acceptability of the product in the US / EU market, or the political factor is influencing acceptance/rejections of thrid world countries products. Saving Changes...
Just as people hold different values, so do companies. Many companies in the US promote their ethical values. They use the political or social implications of their projects as a marketing strategy. Factors such as sustainability and fair trade can serve as brand differentiation. Whether the promotion of political or social ideals is genuine good-will or just a marketing ploy differs from company to company. They might promote diversity, and use child labor.
Others claim that creation of jobs and shareholder value are the benefit to society and ignore other impacts of projects such as environmental. There is still a big market for low priced goods and services, regardless of the human cost. Saving Changes...
Project success is in the eyes of the stakeholders. This varies by project, organization and industry.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The factors you stated must be inside project quality. If not, project quality is wrong defined. Saving Changes...
Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
Project success is the delivery of the defined scope (product) within the specified constraints. Product success is the ability of the deliverable to meet expectations including business, political, cultural and social considerations. In your question you reference project success and product acceptability as if they are one and the same. Not so.
If the business case defines the wrong product and that product is identified as the project objective which is subsequently successfully delivered that delivery does not make it an acceptable product.
If the product is not acceptable because of the way it was delivered (child labor, environmental impairment) then the delivery process is at fault as it did not comply with the constraints. Saving Changes...
Project success criteria is agreed on and recognized from the day 1. However, if environmental issues, social value and safety requirements are not verified then a change shall be implemented to drag the attention to the stakeholders. Saving Changes...
