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The IT Industry's Shame

The IT Industry’s Shame

By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 9, 2010

The last few months have been joyful. I have had a chance to mingle with a number of innovators as I wrote my book. Many are focused on the Grand Challenges the word faces – environmental, engineering etc. It is…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Consultants, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Industry Commentary, IT Projects, Organization, Project failures, technology

UK tax department: Bizarre IT spending incentives

UK tax department: Bizarre IT spending incentives

By Michael Krigsman on February 5, 2010

Phil Pavitt, CIO for the UK tax department, recently spoke out against huge IT projects. Some of his comments are extraordinary.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO issues, government, Government projects, HM Revenue and Customs, IT issues, Outsourcing, Politics, Project failures, Tax, Taxation, Vendor relationships

A New Vision for SOA Governance:  A Focus on the Social Aspect

A New Vision for SOA Governance: A Focus on the Social Aspect

By Dion Hinchcliffe on January 12, 2010

It almost a truism that cultural and organizational factors — these include politics, information silos, “tribal” interests, and effective change management — generally determine the success or failure of a major IT initiative in most organizations today. While “big bang” strategic projects and infrastructure upgrades are notoriously fraught with peril, particularly when it comes to […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged adoption, API, Collective intelligence, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Computing, Governance, Industry Trends, ISO 20000, Organizational culture, people, process, Project failures, Service-oriented architecture, SOA, SOA Governance, Social, social computing, technology, TOGAF 9, Val IT

Worldwide cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion

Worldwide cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion

By Michael Krigsman on December 22, 2009

Most IT professionals know that project failure is a common and serious problem in organizations of all kinds. New research attempts to quantify the extent of IT failure in the worldwide economy.

Posted in Business | Tagged Financial impact, Project failures, Research and statistics

Why projects fail: Obstacles and solutions

Why projects fail: Obstacles and solutions

By Michael Krigsman on December 15, 2009

Here are slides from my presentation at the Babson College Center for Information Management Studies (CIMS), covering how to understand and prevent failed IT projects.

Posted in Business | Tagged CIO issues, IT issues, Project failures, project management, project portfolio management, Project strategy

Workday, SaaS, and Failure: 'A matter of trust'

Workday, SaaS, and Failure: ‘A matter of trust’

By Michael Krigsman on October 8, 2009

Software as a service (SaaS) vendor, Workday, which sells human resources applications, recently had a 15-hour outage, during which time its system was unavailable to customers. In an unusual twist, this post is about success and not failure. Background. The story begins when I heard about the outage through an anonymous source. To learn more, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged and SOA, CIO issues, Cultural issues, End-user impact, Failure 2.0, IT issues, PaaS, Project failures, Project success, SaaS, Vendor relationships

Scholarly interest in IT failure and waste

By Michael Krigsman on October 4, 2009

The non-technical academic world has become interested in ethical issues surrounding IT failure and wasted resources. Here’s a presentation on failure I’m giving to a scholarly audience.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Devil's Triangle, Financial impact, Governance, IT issues, Project failures

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