But the process was much less painful if clear objectives were set up front.

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"There are many successful projects, and I think we can draw from the lessons that such projects are very beneficial to contributing to growth, but they have to be managed with the proper procurement and governance process and ensure that they fulfill the objectives that are intended, " Ms. Zeti said.

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Even though none of the National Goals for Education has been met, the very process of achieving consensus around a set of objectives turned out have a profound impact on United States education.

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This type of ecosystem behaviour is increasingly characterised as fail fast fail cheap, a Darwinian process where projects fail in order that management can refine products and objectives.

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The problem with the Oslo peace process was that no one ever explained how the incremental talks would reconcile the fundamentally opposed objectives of the two sides.

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He said it could introduce the next Budget process and make clear how specific policy measures announced in the following months tied in with long-term objectives.

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It is expected that the review process will be largely carried out online prior to the workshop therefore enabling workshop participants to focus on very specific objectives.

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The purpose of the workshop is to help participants develop a common understanding of the objectives of the study, and provide them with a platform for jointly defining the data collection and analysis process, the reporting framework and the modalities for validation and dissemination of the outcomes.

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