Abstract
As with any massive program, fruit fly programs have had their difficulties. The major problems which have resulted in failure appear to arise from four major sources: 1) adoption of the “cannot fail syndrome”, 2) goal displacement, 3) incomplete consequence analysis, and 4) failure to question. Each represents an organizational mindset. Failures in fruit fly progrms are organizational not individual in nature. The “cannot fail syndrome” represents the belief that if a process is done correctly it cannot fail; therefore, why bother to monitor success, merely monitor the process. Goal displacement occurs when the execution of a program becomes more important than the original goal of the program. Incomplete consequence analysis is the incomplete identification of those functions in which failure carries unacceptable consequences. Failure to question is the blind following of historical precedents either as executed in previous program or as found “in the literature”. Examples of each type of failure are given in the text.
The likehood of failure can be reduced by external reviews of project policies and procedures and by an effective, reciprocal information flow between project workers and management at all levels — not just along the chain of command, but across project organizational units, also.
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Dowell, R.V., Wange, L.K. (1986). Process Analysis and Failure Avoidance in Fruit Fly Programs. In: Mangel, M., Carey, J.R., Plant, R.E. (eds) Pest Control: Operations and Systems Analysis in Fruit Fly Management. NATO ASI Series, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70883-1_3
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