Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: The Project Abandonment Problem -- References -- 2: What We Know About the Management of Very Large Projects -- 2.1 Project Success Factors as Lists -- 2.2 The Project Success Frameworks of Miller and Lessard and Morris and Hough -- 2.2.1 Miller and Lessard (2000) -- 2.2.2 Morris and Hough (1987) -- 2.3 The Nigerian Context -- 2.4 The Extended Theoretical Framework -- 2.5 What About Corruption? -- References -- 3: Structure of the Investigation -- 3.1 Overview of the Approach Taken in This Study -- 3.2 Construction and Execution of the Survey -- 3.3 Construction of the Sample of Projects -- 3.4 Construction of the Case Studies -- Appendix: Full Questionnaire as It Was Administered -- Our Request -- Project Variables -- Section A: Background Information -- Section B: We are asking 40 questions that relate to the methods and structures with which the project was managed. (Circle the number that corresponds to your reaction/estimation or fill out the text.) -- A. Governance -- B. Project Initiation -- C. Project Execution -- References -- 4: A Description of the 38 Matched Projects -- 4.1 Lagos-Ibadan Express Road -- 4.2 Lagos-Badagry Express Road -- 4.3 Third Mainland Bridge -- 4.4 Second Niger Bridge -- 4.5 Egbin Power Station -- 4.6 Calabar Power Station -- 4.7 Zungeru Hydropower Plant -- 4.8 Delta State (Oghareki) Power Plant -- 4.9 Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station -- 4.10 Omoku Power Plant Station -- 4.11 Mambilla Hydroelectric Power -- 4.12 Ajaokuta Steel Project -- 4.13 Kanji Dam -- 4.14 Otukpo Dam -- 4.15 Nigeria Satellite 2 -- 4.16 Nigeria Satellite 1 -- 4.17 Airtel Nigeria -- 4.18 Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) -- 4.19 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.