BRT Scheme in PH - Lessons learned
October 31st, 2008
It all started like a project that would not stand the test of time, considering the way previous projects of such magnitude had suffered in the hands of government. Well, you may say that it’s too early for me to conclude that the BRT scheme in Lagos would stand the test of time – the first in Sub- Saharan Africa.
But what is interesting to me is the way and manner the scheme has been approved by other state governments –(Rivers state and I also heard that the Oyo state government is also coming up with the scheme soon) striving to make the transportation system better thereby offering the rare “dividends of democracy”, seen what is happening in the Oil rich state of Rivers where the new scheme is being put in place and sponsored by the Bank that whose official language is yes.
You know that i can’t gist without drawing your attention to the importance of project management in all of this – to the PH scheme
There would have been Assumptions i.e educated guesses you make on a project
Historical information from all that happened in the Lagos scheme, but before going to historical information, were there lessons learned after the project in Lagos was concluded – what is Lessons Learned?
Lessons Learned – The Project Manager and his/her team discuss what were the things that worked and the things that didn’t work on the project, what i simply term W6 i.e (what went well, what went wrong). This should be done on every project you embark upon and also documented so that future projects would not suffer from the same issues that the old ones suffered from – i hope that the new BRT scheme in PH would be a lot better than the one in Lagos … broader dedicated lanes so that buses that are parked on the side lines don’t obstruct coming buses behind them etc
To the issue of risk identification on our projects meet me next week for …
Gbenga O
November 17th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Where do you see Nigeria in the next 15years?