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- Poor Communications is Most Frequent Cause of Project Failure, CompTIA Web Poll Reveals
- OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Poor communications is the factor that most often causes a project to fail, according to the results of new web poll released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association CompTIA.
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- Project Pathology: Causes, patterns and symptoms of project failure
- It has been seen that most projects fail because of people and project management concerns rather than technical concerns such as development methodologies, technology platforms and tools. Basically there are three causes of failure "People, people, people". There had been a development of a simple taxonomy of causes of project...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Opening The Closet: Learning From Project Failures
- It is a nearly universally accepted truth that large IT projects often struggle to succeed. It is also a nearly universal truth that the reasons that they struggle are incredibly common - we know them, we can recite them, we advocate solutions for them and yet the problems persist. Using...
- White papers 2005-12-14
- How To Avoid Project Failure Through Project Planning And Effective Project Recovery
- Project failure is preventable with good project planning based on a well-constructed deliverables-based Work Breakdown Structure and proper controls. However, once a project starts to fail, there are techniques to recognize it, minimize the extent of the project failure and make the project recovery as successful as possible. There may...
- White papers 2008-05-05
- Avoiding Project Failure: It's Not Rocket Science
- It is true that every project is unique; however the causes of project failure are usually restricted to a few specific areas. Once we know what these are we can take steps to minimise the chance of problems in these areas and increase the likelihood of success. Don't become the...
- White papers 2005-08-13
- What Constitutes A Project Failure?
- If you fall behind on your project schedule it is almost certain that you will blow your project budget as well. The mere fact that you carry project overheads for longer will mean that there will be additional unplanned costs. People inexperienced in running projects often think that getting vendors...
- White papers 2007-05-31
- How To Deal With Project Failure
- It is a fact of life that not every project succeeds. Sometimes the market changes and the product is no longer viable. Sometimes the budget or time constraints are untenable. Sometimes it is simply a case that somebody has made a mistake. If identifying the causes of the failure is...
- White papers 2009-02-06
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- Employee empowerment deters IT project failure; RedDot Solutions draws on research from Brunel University's 'Fluid Business' project to warn that enterprise information services can be a liability if not managed by business users.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 September 2003-RedDot Solutions: Employee empowerment deters IT project failure; RedDot Solutions draws on research from Brunel University's 'Fluid Business' project to warn that enterprise information services can be a liability if not managed by business usersC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09102003 ...
- Research articles 2003-09-10
- Software Project Management: Scenarios Of Failure And Potential Solutions
- This paper provides the Project Manager PM with three (3) scenarios for examining project failure. For each scenario a decision tree is provided. By asking questions about the task, the PM can determine points of failure, and potential remedies. This is intended to be a learning tool and should affect...
- White papers 2004-02-12
- The Case for Project Management
- As all of those who have worked in the trenches well know, successful project management is the tie that binds services to results. Project management principles are used extensively in some federal organizations, But project management is far less common in other federal agencies. Furthermore, shortcomings exist across the board...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- Project Management - 5 Steps To Write A Project Scope Statement Which Ensures Project Success
- Writing a succinct and accurate Project Scope Statement is one of the hardest tasks in initiating a Project. It may not seem so at the time. In fact at first glance it appears to be simplicity itself. However beware. Get this section wrong in the Project Initiation Document and you...
- White papers 2009-04-06
- Get It Right From The Start: A Roadmap For Project Success
- With an increasing focus on the quality of project management within both public and private sector organisations, and an increasingly experienced and qualified pool of project managers to choose from, why do a significant proportion of technology based projects continue to fail? There are a number of increasingly popular project...
- White papers 2008-03-09
- The Use of Project Post-Mortems
- Project-based organizations, if they are to flourish, must learn from one project to the next. But one can observe in practice that project failure and success are rarely analysed by individual companies, and learning just doesn't happen. This paper will describe the work of a team that has been involved...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- 11 Signs That Your Project Will Fail - Part II
- Most Project Managers do not have an updated Project Management Plan: although they prepared it, they rarely if ever maintain it. Some of them never do not even bother to create a Project Management Plan. This is one of the main reasons that IT professionals work overtime - resulting in...
- White papers 2009-03-22
- Project Manager Vs. Tombstone
- As with anything new, there are a lot of mythconceptions out there as to just what the new thing is. Extreme project management is no exception. Some people "Get it" while others mythconstrue it. In certain situations, Extreme Project Management XPM will increase the likelihood of success, where if you...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Choosing an Intranet Project Sponsor
- Numerous surveys across a diverse range of IT projects have identified that the lack of support from senior management project sponsorship is one of the biggest causes of project failure. The demand for effective project sponsorship is even greater for an intranet, where decisions will affect many business units and...
- White papers 2004-01-13
- INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY HUNTS FOR IT PROJECT MANAGERS
- USThe United States Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI recently went on a hiring spree for IT professionals-with project managers at the top of the list. The move follows a high-profile and costly project failure last year in which the agency spent $170 million to replace its outdated computer systems with...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Improve Project Success With Better Scope Management
- More than seventy percent of projects fail. When projects fail, it's rarely technical. Over eighty percent of those projects fail due to project management. Projects, like business, often fail because they are not properly managed. Scope creep is a major aspect of project failure. This can be mitigated by simple...
- White papers 2007-08-07
- Four Strategies For Selling Project Management In Your Organization
- The outcome of project failure is wasted dollars that steal investor profits and have a negative impact on the organization's bottom-line. Aligning projects with the strategic goals of the organization is critical for project success and proper return on investment. Superior business performance is dependent on good project management as...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Using Metrics As A Catalyst In Achieving Successful Project Performance
- There are a variety of reasons for improvement project failure including: lack of sponsorship, poorly chosen metrics, teams not working together, and recommendations based on hunches instead of data and facts. Claiming improvement when, in actuality, there is no real improvement is also quite common. These types of issues only...
- White papers 2005-01-31
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