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PROJECT FAILURE

The Official list as to why systems fail:

  • Poor management

  • Lack of user involvement

  • Ineffective team work by project team

  • Inadequate project plan

  • Insufficient monitoring

  • Lack of standards

  • Loss of control

 

To give a little more insight, here are some points you can expand on:

 

  • Lack of full  Management support/Poor management decisions have been made

    • Management of the project are not prepared for serious setbacks

    • Not Visible and Vocally behind the project all the way

    • Lack of High level objectives

    • Lack of a schedule – know what would be done by when and when physical evidence would be available

  • Lack of sound Methodology

    • Built with little thought to process – lack of attention to details – undefined business goals and objectives

    • Large portions of client requirements are ignored, therefore leading to rewriting code.

    • Inadequate testing

    • Methodology is not tightened with development tools

    • Lack of project plan

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  • Lack of solid leadership or of anyone who has completed a similar project before

    • Technical leader has not had experience in the specific area before

    • The technical leader is not in charge of the data model and application design

    • The technical leaders authority is not respected and recognised by everyone

  • Lack of employee instructions

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    • Failure to perform careful analysis

  • Hiring too many people to work on the project at the same time

 

 

For more stuff about failure of ICT solutions go to http://www.slideshare.net/rossmccafferty/unit-3-ict-revision there's some more information there on pages 101 and 102

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