Sustainability of Community Based Projects in Developing Countries. A Study of Sustainability Issues facing Community Based Projects in Rural Areas of Mbeere District in Kenya

Now I include it as one of the human success modes. Start with some pride-in-work and a sense of citizenship. Add being good at looking around and acting spontaneously. With these, we see people taking initiative to get the job done every day, an ongoing activity that keeps the project operating at peak form. This is not an indication of process failure. Even the best process won't be able to account for every surprise that occurs on the project. The good thing to notice is that as the team gets better at pride-in-work, communication, citizenship, and initiative, the process can become less formal, based more on noticing what needs doing. Combining Success Modes Is it possible to construct a development methodology just around pride-in-work, citizenship, community, people being good at looking around, and initiative? It is. The following excerpt (Hock 1999, p. 205-207) is a description of how the first VISA clearing program was developed in 60 days. Note Dee Hock's use of the phrase "self-organization," synonymous with people taking initiative in a community ...»