Despite decades of effort and debates about best practices, businesses still struggle with IT projects that end up over budget, or worse, do not deliver a solution that the business can use after considerable investment. In fact, the Standish Group’s Chaos Report says that only 29% of IT projects
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Max Hopper. Alfred Zipf. Not exactly household names, but these were the men who ushered business into the modern age. They were the first CIOs. Back in the 1970s, companies were so proud of their glistening, 20-ton computers that they put them in glass-enclosed rooms for easy viewing, earning the
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Most IT software projects are not successful — if success means delivering on-time and on-budget, accomplishing business objectives, and ongoing usage. According to the Standish Group Chaos Report, only 29% succeed while 19% are considered utter failures. To beat the odds, follow these best practices shared by myself and more than
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