Hardly a week goes by without some press report of a massive project failure involving software in defense, healthcare, air traffic control or some other government activity. Or so it seems. Why are ...

The late 20th century was littered with project failures. It's still going on in the legacy world. Here's one example that shows precisely how ignoring red flags will guarantee failure. The ...

KGB Chairman Charkov’s question to inorganic chemist Valery Legasov in HBO’s “Chernobyl” miniseries makes a good epitaph for the hundreds of software development, modernization, and operational ...

Adding to Peppard’s list are some reasons for failure that must be explicitly spelled out for the supply chain. These include: Taking the safe option. In the old days, it used to be "Nobody ever gets ...

Poor communication is the reason most IT projects fail, according to a Web poll released by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), an Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based trade association.

Commentary--How many IT projects fail today? Too many. Research reports often show that more than half of all large application development projects fail—they fail to be delivered on time, within ...

One billion dollars. Zero results. Those are the basics of a cancelled software modernization project at the Air Force. And since it was your taxpayer money, and you deserve to know, I’ll just go ...

The project failure rate for businesses of all sizes is staggering. A well-known PWC study of more than 10,640 projects found that just 2.5% were completed successfully. Barely an improvement, the oft ...

According to reports, 25 percent of technology projects fail outright; 20 to 25 percent don’t show any return on investment; and as much as 50 percent need massive reworking by the time they’re ...

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