A vision only for a particular aspect, sector or group, possibly leading to exclusion.

• Unplanned or out-of-control growth and/or imbalanced development.
• Ill-judged actions, projects and initiatives (e.g. ‘white elephants’) .
• Poor use of time and money, e.g. filling in the gaps with later effort.
• An inadequate, or ill-formed, case for external funding.
• Lack of political and/or community support.
• Poor sense of strategic priorities and ad hoc decision-making.
• Inadequate fit with the ‘bigger picture’ (see ‘Long Term Planning’ component).
• Fragmentation of effort.