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Study: 68% of IT projects fail

Study: 68% of IT projects failI used to work for the federal government......we never got anywhere near a 32% success rate. More like 10%.This is OK since IT in US is not a business but humanitarian aid to India.ntRE: Study: 68% of IT projects failIs this problem down to the...

Tags: Strategy, Now Let, IT Projects Fail, PMI, IAG, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

5 more reasons IT projects fail

5 more reasons IT projects failOn the other sideof the equation is the customer. It has been my experience that, in non-technical businesses, the manager who makes the decisions with regards to the company's IT needs, knows least.Remove the word "IT" andthe article applies to everything in the worldOf course!That's...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Projects Fail

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

15 non-technical reasons IT projects fail

15 non-technical reasons IT projects failRU Kidding MeRE #4Circa 1990 there was a business article that 'debunked' this theory. The problem isn't with tracking/following/fulfilling the requirements. The problem starts way before that -- requirements gathering processes themselves are flawed.What they discovered was what has evolved into the entire disciplines of...

Tags: IT Projects Fail, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

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Is your culture getting in the way of your IT success?

Come from thinking that technology solves business problemsMotto should be:SOLVE THE PROBLEM, and then get technology to HELP IMPLEMENT the solution.The solution is soley in the business domaim.Any solution is necessarilly a set of business processes that unually require people to trigger them or at least make some decisions or...

Tags: IT Success

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Is your culture getting in the way of your IT success?

Many enterprise IT investments lead to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches - but often forgotten is the culture of an organization itself. Commentary - While any planned enterprise IT investment leads to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches, too often left out...

Tags: Job, Team, Information Technology, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Team Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Panasonic Computer Solutions, IT management, culture, Jim King, Special to ZDNet, Jim King, Panasonic Computer Solutions, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-23

Enterprise 2.0: What do we know today about moving our organizations into the 21st century?

Enterprise 2.0 ROIDion - An extremely interesting article. As a vendor of social software, we're often exposed to an intriguing mix of the trends that you've outlined above. In particular, we've noticed that those common internal advocates you mentioned (e.g. corporate communications, knowledge management) are already sold on the benefits...

Tags: Sales force management, Enterprise 2.0, E 2.0

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?

The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%

Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

What the DoD now says about open source

I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Learning from the weak signals of failure

Sometimes a refusal to listen . . .Sometimes it's a refusal of top level management to listen to lower level employees as well. NASA was notorious for having unsatisfied employees who knew key facts about issues, but ignored them, even if the employee was proactive about trying to contact somebody...

Tags: Team management, weak signal

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...

Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The 'Seven Laws of Projects'

great!Seventh Point is the one always happen.RE: The 'Seven Laws of Projects'Unfortunately very true.A successful project is typically one where someone gets lucky and manages to balance your seven points to an 'optimal' level.Accepting #2 has given us the opportunity to go for more of an agile approach. If you...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Time-to-Market

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Seven ways companies go wrong with SOA

Remember, SOA is a journey, not a quick overnight fix. It's a transformative process that your organization will follow for the long run. A few years back, I put together a list of where companies appeared to be steering in the wrong direction in terms of...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-09-30

The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers

Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...

Tags: Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Six types of IT project failure

This list describes many of the underlying reasons that cause IT projects to fail. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Project Failure, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Why SAP Projects Fail to Deliver ROI (and How to Change It)

There are many more mountains of additional things one can do to use SAP to achieve genuine business benefit, find that "Elusive" ROI and make a real difference in the marketplace. But to get there take the first step to changing implementation approach - ; start by defining the business...

Tags: ROI, SAP AG, R3Now.com, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2009-09-21

7 fundamentals of IT project success

These points address conflicting agendas, multiple perspectives, and a broad range of business-oriented conditions that drive projects to succeed or fail. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Google reCAPTCHA could raise bar in anti-bot, anti-spam battle

Well what are other options?I'm not knocking your concern because it is a valid point. But does that mean we just leave everything open to bots and spammers? What could be done for the disabled? I thought reCAPTCHA had some ways of handling this.What about for the deaf-blind?Implement CAPTCHA or...

Tags: anti-spam, reCAPTCHA, Amazon.com Inc., CAPTCHA, bot, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Social CRM reality check

Tissue Rejection Kills All ProjectsMichael, I enjoyed Jill's post too, a Tweeted that if you erased all references to "Social" and simply left it saying "CRM", you'd still have a valid story. I think the Social part actually had little to do with it. In the end, the...

Tags: Leadership, Social CRM, symptom

Discussion threads 2009-09-16