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CANAL PROJECT
By Luqman Hakim
P-WM 0008/16
EUP 501: Risk Management
13th December 2016
Project milestones
A 50-mile water passage at the isthmus of Panama connecting Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans.
1. Political Solution
The Panamanians revolted against
Colombia and gained independence in
Source: Nix (2014) 1903.
Solution
The congress should have been a non-partisan
one by declaring all attendees’ conflict of
interests.
Issue
Despite the two hospitals at Ancon and Colon
being well equipped, had excellent doctors &
surgeons, but they were handled under contract
by French Sisters of Charity.
They left the wards at night after prayer, leaving
5. Social the patients by themselves. Some patients died
the following morning.
The legs of hospital beds were placed in tins of
Source: Avery (1913)
water to avoid insects but they made a more
ideal breeding ground exacerbated by
unscreened windows & doors.
Solution
The Americans replaced the women from Sisters
of Charity with trained nurses.
Merits of problem
solving On schedule
Successful projects are ones that can
induce: