Seven Deadly Sins of IT Projects
Seven resaons why IT projects fail.
1. Poor or undefined project objectives, roles and responsibilities, leading to unrealistic expectations being set.
2. Lack of communication between IT and the business, resulting in a mismatch of requirements and expectations.
3. No senior business sponsor and separate project manager.
4. Technology put before people: no or minimal involvement of key users during the “scoping” phase and lack of regular communication with them throughout the project implementation
5. No project sucess metrics.
6. No risk assessment or contigency plan.
7. Lack of regular checks to ensure the project is on track - to time and budget.
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