CIO.com has an article, the topic of which is close to my heart – the success of IT projects. I have a theory that says that more IT projects would be successful if the IT guys could find it in their hearts to say ‘no’ more often, and ‘that’s got to follow our defined methodology before we do it’.Â
Apparently AG Edwards in this article reduced their failure rate (behind schedule, over budget) for projects from 50% to 12%. The focus was on IT’s understanding the business, on having business understand both the business needs and the potential of technology, and on prioritising and finishing projects.Â
The article is really worth a read.