2012 Chaos IT Project/Program Management Failure Statistics and over 10 reasons that Information Technology Projects/Programs consistently fail.

1. The Impact of Project Failures on the
Information Techology Industry
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2. Why Do IT Projects/Programs Still Fail?
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The absence of senior management’s support and commitment
The absence of client/user participation/involvement throughout project
Poorly-defined scope
Inadequate project leadership
Inadequate or incomplete requirements
No definitive development approach or methodology
Unrealistic marketing deadlines vs. technology implementation
requirements
The absence of risk identification and management
Unrealistic schedules or budgets
No communication plan (or plan not executed)
No formal change/configuration control process
Inadequate QA V & V (not just testing) and Testing
Including lack of knowledge transfer, inexperienced, and experienced IT
professionals working long hours, professionals having dual project roles
(that required full time responsibilities ) and burn out (hours of work, lack
of sleep to function properly) needs to be addressed
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