Why information systems projects are abandoned: a leadership and communication theory and exploratory study

摘要

It is estimated that about third of all information systems(IS)development projects are abandoned before completion. The resulting financial damage in the United States along is about $100 billion annually. Numerous articles in trade journals, and some in academic journals, have pointed at many different reasons for project failures. Data regarding reasons for IS project abandonment were collected from a sample of chief Information officers and their immediate subordinates, all of Whom have several years of IS development experience and Have experienced at least one abandoned project.