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- Top five reasons organizations fail at project management
- Top five reasons organizations fail at project managementarticle rootThis is just the "tip of the iceberg"in my opinion. I believe that the #1 reason about change in culture is very true an is appropriately ranked. My own research emerged out of this same idea, though it follows a slightly different...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-29
- Six types of IT project failure
- Michael Krigsman shares a list of six categories of IT project failure. What failure root causes would you add to the list? by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Eight Things Your Business Analysts Need to Know: A Practical Approach to Recognizing and Improving Competencies
- Each year, organizations across the globe face astronomical project failure rates, often wasting millions of dollars per failed project. This paper examines the roots of project failure and centers in on the elusive, often undefined role of the business analyst. In response to research showing that many organizations have not...
- White papers 2006-02-15
- Why Software Projects Fail: A New Assessment of Risk - Practical Methods to Mitigate Project Failure
- If anyones organization does not do a risk assessment during the project lifecycle, consider adding it at one or more places. Pay attention to the risk aspects previously discussed to anticipate some of the factors that create roadblocks to project success. Define both functional and non-functional requirements for tool selection,...
- White papers 2008-01-17
- Four Starting Points for Effective IT Project and Portfolio Management
- Effective project and portfolio management is an achievable goal. The reader can start at any of the four areas of focus described in this paper. He or she can start at any level of organizational maturity. He or she can start quickly or can phase in new tools and processes...
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Why Software Projects Fail: A New Assessment of Risk Practical Methods to Mitigate Project Failure
- Alpha Software's motivation for underwriting this white paper is simple. Developers who download and evaluate the product, Alpha Five Version 8, tells one time and again that the technology is superior to better-known offerings, such as Visual Studio, NetBeans, PHP, Ruby, and others. They find they can build desktop, hybrid,...
- White papers 2008-01-17
- Five reasons to discuss project failure
- ZDNet blogger Michael Krigsman offers five reasons why he believes analyzing project failures can lead to greater insight than merely talking about project successes. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Chuck Norris Syndrome and IT project failure
- To determine whether your organization suffers from Chuck Norris Syndrome, ask your team this simple question, "Are our projects repeatedly late, over-budget, or not meeting planned expectations?" by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
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- Six types of IT project failure
- There are worse things than failurehttp://thedailywtf.com/Articles/What_Could_Possibly_Be_Worse_Than_Failure_0x3f_.aspxThat's an interesting viewpointon why the rush to completion is often accretes failures.Rings pretty true as well, like the author I hope I'm at least making new mistakes. :pThe Real IssuesI would add blind trust in technology and the esoteric arrogance of developers. Also,...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Five reasons to discuss project failure
- 5 Project to discuss project failure replyProject failures rates are directly related to analysis failure to identify all of the assets (processes, people, services or products, policies, intellectual property and price) that will be affected by process changes. The history of business process reengineering BPR and all of its...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- Project failures are less common than you think
- Whether your project succeeds or fails depends largely on how you and your company define success and failure. Take a look at what goes into creating that definition and then reevaluate your own success and failure rates.Editor’s note:This article originally appeared on our sister site, TechRepublic.com.Research suggests that the vast...
- Technical articles 2002-12-27
- Project failures are less common than you think
- Whether your project succeeds or fails depends largely on how you and your company define success and failure. Take a look at what goes into creating that definition and then reevaluate your own project success and failure rates.Research would suggest that the vast majority of IT projects fail. One example...
- Technical articles 2002-12-17
- Seven fundamentals of IT project success
- Agreed, particularly management buy-inI have been on very few projects where there was true executive buy-in, meaning involvement, concern and proactive assistance working side by side with the PM to deliver results, the 'shared ownership' model. All too often, project management is outsourced to an individual contractor who can then...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Four more warning signs that your project is doomed
- Wondering if your project is going to be one of the many project failures that occur each year? Use these warning signs of user and communication problems to determine if your project might be in trouble.Some projects are successes, but a frightening number are not. If you are ever on...
- Technical articles 2001-06-11
- Dealing with the project that wouldn't die
- After working in the industry for a while, most of us pick up a few stories about projects that would not die. We almost never use the word fail; projects in IT do not fail when we can just change the scope to reflect the work performed. This tendency causes...
- Technical articles 2003-08-11
- Evaluate these three factors to manage project risk
- A former CFO explains how IT executives can perform a basic assessment of project risk by examining three key components: technology life-cycle, business requirements, and project management capabilities.The goal of risk management in software development, according to the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute SEI, is to change the culture of...
- Technical articles 2002-08-01
- Project failures may soon carry legal risks for programmers
- Project disasters come with the territory in IT. Some observers including me pessimistically believe that the majority of IT projects fail to meet their original goals. All too often, "descope and declare victory" is the only possible way to end a project. Part of the problem is that, regardless of...
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Start a recovery project to rescue a troubled project
- Start a recovery project to rescue a troubled projectarticle rootExperiencesFirstly, with all due respect to the author, all that is being stated here is very obvious. I was expecting more from this article.My experience is, the outsider who jumps into the project is often still at the mercy of the...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-08
- Project managers must manage their work plans to be successful
- During the first part of any project, the project manager must carefully define and plan the project. The result of defining a project is the completion of a project definition also called a project charter. The result of planning the project is the project work plan. The work plan is...
- Technical articles 2003-02-11
- 10+ things that can send an IT project off the rails
- Depending upon the unique aspects of a situation, a multitude of reasons can cause a project to go out of control. Here are some of the most common risk factors. Note: This list, which is based on the article "How to identify a...
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
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