The IT trade off
Language: English Series: Project ; 20(4) February 2008, 24-28(5)Publication details: 2008Subject(s): Summary: Considers why so many IT projects fail across the EU. Reveals only one in eight IT projects are fully successful, with the cost of project failure across the EU at 142bn euros in 2004. Research into IT project failure found that the top three issues were business process alignment, requirements management, and overspends. Also examines at what stage in the project lifecycle IT projects are cancelled or abandoned as failures, the average schedule and budget overrun, and the main casual factors contributing to project failure.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Considers why so many IT projects fail across the EU. Reveals only one in eight IT projects are fully successful, with the cost of project failure across the EU at 142bn euros in 2004. Research into IT project failure found that the top three issues were business process alignment, requirements management, and overspends. Also examines at what stage in the project lifecycle IT projects are cancelled or abandoned as failures, the average schedule and budget overrun, and the main casual factors contributing to project failure.