Why Tech Projects Fail: 5 Unspoken Reasons

摘要

Depending on which consultancy you ask and what it's ultimately trying to sell you, the failure rate for technology projects is anywhere from 37% to 75%. I especially like the 37% - not 35, but 37 - because those extra 2 percentage points give the kind of false precision that suggests authenticity. If managing technology pays your mortgage, you usually explain away those failures by pointing to your gray world: gray requirements, gray resources, gray planning, gray risks. The only vibrant color in your life is the brilliant hue of overly optimistic project scheduling.