The late 20th century was littered with project failures. It's still going on in the legacy world. Here's one example that shows precisely how ignoring red flags will guarantee failure. The ...

KGB Chairman Charkov’s question to inorganic chemist Valery Legasov in HBO’s “Chernobyl” miniseries makes a good epitaph for the hundreds of software development, modernization, and operational ...

According to the widely quoted “Chaos Chronicles,” a staggering 66% of IT projects prove unsuccessful in some measure, whether they fail completely, exceed their allotted budget, aren’t completed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Expert in data-driven physical-to-digital business transformation. While it is quite natural in IT’s world view to talk features, ...

Poor communication is the reason most IT projects fail, according to a Web poll released by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), an Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based trade association.

Commentary--How many IT projects fail today? Too many. Research reports often show that more than half of all large application development projects fail—they fail to be delivered on time, within ...

Adding to Peppard’s list are some reasons for failure that must be explicitly spelled out for the supply chain. These include: Taking the safe option. In the old days, it used to be "Nobody ever gets ...

A new white paper from Alpha Software describes three broad categories of risk that explain why software projects fail: Process failures arise when a project is "bumped off track," relative to the ...

When was the last time you saw a major project or critical process fail? Such disasters can have devastating consequences for high-flying careers and successful companies. Yet they happen all too ...