Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning Phase
In many developing countries, infrastructure development has played an important role in driving economic and social growth. It has also been useful in accelerating development at both regional and national levels. Nevertheless, history provides many examples of infrastructure projects that have...
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| description | In many developing countries, infrastructure
development has played an important role in driving economic and social growth.
It has also been useful in accelerating development at both regional and
national levels. Nevertheless, history provides many examples of infrastructure
projects that have been cancelled for one reason or another. Such cancellations
have often resulted in losses. Thus, it is important to study and learn from
these cancelled projects in order to improve future project performance. This
paper investigates the case of a cancelled urban transport infrastructure
project in Indonesia. The case considered in this study is that of the Jakarta
monorail project which was started in 2004 and completely discontinued in 2015.
The example of the Jakarta monorail project is instructive as it has not been
the subject of intensive study up to this point. This paper takes a case study
approach, coupled with comprehensive reviews of extensive sources on the topic
of cancelled infrastructure projects. This study applies a thematic coding
technique using NVivo11 software to analyze and find patterns from qualitative
data. The observed issues were grouped into three categories, i.e.: the
history, causes and impacts of the Jakarta monorail cancellation. Furthermore,
the authors also underscore the importance of making a “kill decision” as an
option. The findings from this paper also highlight the importance of front-end
planning in infrastructure projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ea1a2cdd0594ca18b300b0a1f4677902023-01-02T10:05:19ZengUniversitas IndonesiaInternational Journal of Technology2086-96142087-21002018-10-019589890910.14716/ijtech.v9i5.15591559Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning PhaseSeng Hansen0Eric Too1Tiendung Le2School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, AustraliaSchool of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, AustraliaSchool of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, AustraliaIn many developing countries, infrastructure development has played an important role in driving economic and social growth. It has also been useful in accelerating development at both regional and national levels. Nevertheless, history provides many examples of infrastructure projects that have been cancelled for one reason or another. Such cancellations have often resulted in losses. Thus, it is important to study and learn from these cancelled projects in order to improve future project performance. This paper investigates the case of a cancelled urban transport infrastructure project in Indonesia. The case considered in this study is that of the Jakarta monorail project which was started in 2004 and completely discontinued in 2015. The example of the Jakarta monorail project is instructive as it has not been the subject of intensive study up to this point. This paper takes a case study approach, coupled with comprehensive reviews of extensive sources on the topic of cancelled infrastructure projects. This study applies a thematic coding technique using NVivo11 software to analyze and find patterns from qualitative data. The observed issues were grouped into three categories, i.e.: the history, causes and impacts of the Jakarta monorail cancellation. Furthermore, the authors also underscore the importance of making a “kill decision” as an option. The findings from this paper also highlight the importance of front-end planning in infrastructure projects.http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/1559Cancelled projectsFront-end planningInfrastructureJakarta MonorailLessons learned |
| spellingShingle | Seng Hansen Eric Too Tiendung Le Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning Phase International Journal of Technology Cancelled projects Front-end planning Infrastructure Jakarta Monorail Lessons learned |
| title | Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning Phase |
| title_full | Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning Phase |
| title_fullStr | Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning Phase |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning Phase |
| title_short | Lessons Learned from a Cancelled Urban Transport Project in a Developing Country: The Importance of the Front-end Planning Phase |
| title_sort | lessons learned from a cancelled urban transport project in a developing country the importance of the front end planning phase |
| topic | Cancelled projects Front-end planning Infrastructure Jakarta Monorail Lessons learned |
| url | http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/1559 |
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