Following on from our eariler article - Seven Deadly Sins of IT Projects - I’ve come across an excellent posting from the Brown Consulting Blog on the same subject that I would like to share with you all.

According to a recent report from the UK National Audit office about IT project failures, the following reasons were cited as the top reasons for failure:

1. Lack of clear link between the project and the organization’s key strategic priorities, including agreed measures of success.

2. Lack of clear senior management and Ministerial ownership and leadership.

3. Lack of effective engagement with stakeholders.

4. Lack of skills and proven approach to project management and risk management.

5. Too little attention to breaking development and implementation into manageable steps.

6. Evaluation of proposals driven by initial price rather than long-term value for money (especially securing delivery of business benefits).

7. Lack of understanding of and contact with the supply industry at senior levels in the organisation.

6. Lack of effective project team integration between clients, the supplier team and the supply chain.

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