Why Do IT (Information Technology) Projects Fail? (and how to avoid such failures)
Author: Hitech Dimensions Inc.
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Publisher: Hitech Dimensions, Inc. (21 August, 2002)
Sales Rank: 636
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 1 out of 5
Too elementary
...It's been put together who knows only the theoretical concepts of IT project management and doesn't seem to have any real-world IT experience. I am sorry I bought this - its too Text booky without any book in it.
... it is simply too basic, and it still provides no new approach of mitigating IT Project risk. Most large-scale IT projects already do whats mentioned in the book: good project scoping, technology evaluation, ROI measurements but projects still fail. I've been an IT project manager for a while and I have to say this book is really quite disappointing. It's not worth [the money]and certainly not with the time spent reading it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent information
Like the 1995 "Chaos Report" by the Standish Group, this 30 page document succinctly gives the key reasons for IT project failure. However, this one goes into more detail, although the basic reasons persist. If you're an experienced project manager your first response to this book will probably be that it states the obvious. However, that isn't necessarily bad since it does so in a clearly presented manner. More importantly, this book does state the obvious and can serve as a benchmark of practices during the preliminary stages of a project. In fact, it should be required reading by every key stakeholder and project team member before a major IT project is initiated.
It's short enough to be read in an hour, and is complete enough to provide a framework for a generic project risk management plan. More importantly, it can be easily understood by both technical and business stakeholders, and will get everyone on the same page during the project planning phase, while exposing the pitfalls that will be encountered along the way.
Rating: 4 out of 5
the essentials that everyone knows about but very few follow
27 long years in the IS industry and sometimes I wonder about the progress that we have made. We are still pouring money on systems that our users dont want. The truth is that its all very basic stuff. follow those basics and your staff and the users of those systems will be happy. these 30 pages remind you of all those basics, which IS organizations should have been following long ago, but they are not. we keep repeating those mistakes. you wont find aything in this ebook about programming or proj management methodologies (re - another reviewer's comments)- you will get what this page says in the description. if you still buy it, you wont be disappointed. Once you buy it, post it for constant reminders or get it in your company's processes.
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