Here is the outline of Alison Powell’s proposed categorization/taxonomy for failed community technology projects, including additions from ISDT11 - please add projects and elements to improve the framework.

The categories
Project/ Civic or community?/ Stated Goals/ Unstated Goals/ Short term outcomes/ Long term outcomes/ Policy implications (intended or not)/  Unexpected outcomes/  Structures of participation (who, how, power, etc)

Some projects mentioned in the discussion:
Haystack
One Laptop Per Child ? (failed to create technology, did create new modes of media networking and transformation of manufacturing because of low cost production)
Food co-ops
Policymaking processes
Lived.net in Egypt (capture by government)
Red Hat Linux
Huffington Post (commercial success, community failure)
Indymedia ?

Some phenomena of failure identified in the discussion:
-the deliverable paradox (organization exists to deliver deliverables)
- the Lawrence of Arabia phenomenon (what to do after we’ve finished the conquest?)
- the goat rodeo (several different groups with several different purposes)
- the technological imperative (building unneeded tools)