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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...