The document discusses IT project failure, including defining information systems and critical success factors for IS projects. It describes four categories of IS project failure: correspondence failure, process failure, interaction failure, and expectation failure. It also discusses three levels of IS project failure from minor to major to critical. The document analyzes case studies of IS projects and their success or failure based on the presence of 20 critical success factors.
Studies show that many projects either fail outright or fail to meet most of their objectives. There are a myriad of possible reasons why this might be the case. Very often, organizations go looking for a culprit and sometimes blame the project manager or even the very concept of project management itself. Sometimes they decide to “fix” the problem by getting all the project managers certified. Or they decide to standardize on a certain tool. And while certification and standardization are laudable things, they do not necessarily address the central problem or problems. This presentation will discuss the top ten reasons why projects fail and briefly discuss solutions to each problem. We will see how such areas as estimates, scope and “the accidental project manager” contribute to the problem.
Cost of Delay: An Economic Approach to Decision MakingRoger Turnau
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Studies show that many projects either fail outright or fail to meet most of their objectives. There are a myriad of possible reasons why this might be the case. Very often, organizations go looking for a culprit and sometimes blame the project manager or even the very concept of project management itself. Sometimes they decide to “fix” the problem by getting all the project managers certified. Or they decide to standardize on a certain tool. And while certification and standardization are laudable things, they do not necessarily address the central problem or problems. This presentation will discuss the top ten reasons why projects fail and briefly discuss solutions to each problem. We will see how such areas as estimates, scope and “the accidental project manager” contribute to the problem.
Cost of Delay: An Economic Approach to Decision MakingRoger Turnau
Cost of Delay is a lightweight approach to feature and product prioritization that asks a simple question: how much does it cost you not to have something? Reinertsen has said that Cost of Delay is the most important thing to quantify when producing a product. Great, but how do you start? How do you assign a dollar amount to something you have not built yet? How do we make sure that our teams focus on building the most important thing right now? This talk will give you the tools you need to understand Cost of Delay, as well as a set of techniques, from simple proxies to more sophisticated real-dollar analyses to help you understand the impact of delays on your organization.
10 reasons why projects fail or common mistakes to avoidMarianna Semenova
The goal of this presentation it to summarize practical experience and theoretical knowledge to outline 10 main reasons for the projects failure and common mistakes you can avoid on your projects to make them succeed. I hope you will find good tips and a valuable practical advice while reviewing it.
Topic 1: Overview of the Project Management Landscape
Definition of project, project portfolio and program
Classification of projects
Fundamental of project management
- Topic 2: Traditional Project Management (TPM)
What is Traditional Project Management?
Classification of TPM models
Complexity and Uncertainty in the Project Management Landscape
- Topic 3: Agile Project Management
- Topic 4: Extreme Project Management
- Topic 5: Comparison of TPM – Agile – Extreme Project Management
Describe the systems view of project management and how it applies to information technology (IT) projects
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Free notes on Organizational Influences and Project Life Cycle. Below topics will be covered in this chapter.
Organizational Influences
Organization Structure Functional
Organization Structure Projectized
Organization Structure Matrix
Organization Structure – Weak Matrix
Organization Matrix – Balanced Matrix
Organizational Structure-Strong Matrix
Organization Structure-Composite
Phase-to-Phase relationship
Project Life Cycle
Cost and Staffing Levels in Project Life Cycle
Impact of variables on Project Life Cycle
Project Life Cycle Types
Predictive Life Cycles
Iterative and Incremental Life Cycles
Adaptive Life Cycles
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Introduction to Software Project ManagementSaadi Jadoon
Project management software is software used for project planning, scheduling, resource allocation and change management. It allows project managers (PMs), stakeholders and users to control costs and manage budgeting, quality management and documentation and also may be used as an administration system.
Agile management, or agile process management, or simply agile refers to an iterative, incremental method of managing the design and build activities of engineering, information technology and other business areas that aim to provide new product or service development in a highly flexible and interactive manner; an example is its application in Scrum, an original form of agile software development.
Software Project Management | An Overview of the Software Project ManagementAhsan Rahim
Management is the process of getting things done through others, it is the process of coordinating people & other resources to achieve the goals of the organization. A project is a set of related tasks that are coordinated to achieve a specific objective in a given time limit. A project is well-defined task, which is a collection of several operations done in order to achieve a goal. Software is the program & all associated documentation & configuration data which is needed to make these programs operate correctly.
A Software Project is the complete procedure of software development from requirement gathering to testing & maintenance, carried out according to the execution methodologies, in a specified period of time to achieve intended software product.
Il seminario presenta i concetti fondamentali e le tecniche di Project Management con esempi pratici che consentono una diretta applicazione delle tecniche esposte. I casi di studio sono sviluppati e gestiti in Microsoft Project al fine di agevolare la comprensione delle attività di pianificazione, monitoraggio e controllo, svolte dal Project Planner e Project Manager.
This presentation highlights the kinds of IT project failures, why projects fail and what can management do to prevent such failures and minimize cost overruns. Premios( formerly DCG Software Value) provides a number of services that help management improve their software development processes. For more information visit https://premiosgroup.com/function-point-analysis-estimation/
10 reasons why projects fail or common mistakes to avoidMarianna Semenova
The goal of this presentation it to summarize practical experience and theoretical knowledge to outline 10 main reasons for the projects failure and common mistakes you can avoid on your projects to make them succeed. I hope you will find good tips and a valuable practical advice while reviewing it.
Topic 1: Overview of the Project Management Landscape
Definition of project, project portfolio and program
Classification of projects
Fundamental of project management
- Topic 2: Traditional Project Management (TPM)
What is Traditional Project Management?
Classification of TPM models
Complexity and Uncertainty in the Project Management Landscape
- Topic 3: Agile Project Management
- Topic 4: Extreme Project Management
- Topic 5: Comparison of TPM – Agile – Extreme Project Management
Describe the systems view of project management and how it applies to information technology (IT) projects
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Free notes on Organizational Influences and Project Life Cycle. Below topics will be covered in this chapter.
Organizational Influences
Organization Structure Functional
Organization Structure Projectized
Organization Structure Matrix
Organization Structure – Weak Matrix
Organization Matrix – Balanced Matrix
Organizational Structure-Strong Matrix
Organization Structure-Composite
Phase-to-Phase relationship
Project Life Cycle
Cost and Staffing Levels in Project Life Cycle
Impact of variables on Project Life Cycle
Project Life Cycle Types
Predictive Life Cycles
Iterative and Incremental Life Cycles
Adaptive Life Cycles
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Introduction to Software Project ManagementSaadi Jadoon
Project management software is software used for project planning, scheduling, resource allocation and change management. It allows project managers (PMs), stakeholders and users to control costs and manage budgeting, quality management and documentation and also may be used as an administration system.
Agile management, or agile process management, or simply agile refers to an iterative, incremental method of managing the design and build activities of engineering, information technology and other business areas that aim to provide new product or service development in a highly flexible and interactive manner; an example is its application in Scrum, an original form of agile software development.
Software Project Management | An Overview of the Software Project ManagementAhsan Rahim
Management is the process of getting things done through others, it is the process of coordinating people & other resources to achieve the goals of the organization. A project is a set of related tasks that are coordinated to achieve a specific objective in a given time limit. A project is well-defined task, which is a collection of several operations done in order to achieve a goal. Software is the program & all associated documentation & configuration data which is needed to make these programs operate correctly.
A Software Project is the complete procedure of software development from requirement gathering to testing & maintenance, carried out according to the execution methodologies, in a specified period of time to achieve intended software product.
Il seminario presenta i concetti fondamentali e le tecniche di Project Management con esempi pratici che consentono una diretta applicazione delle tecniche esposte. I casi di studio sono sviluppati e gestiti in Microsoft Project al fine di agevolare la comprensione delle attività di pianificazione, monitoraggio e controllo, svolte dal Project Planner e Project Manager.
This presentation highlights the kinds of IT project failures, why projects fail and what can management do to prevent such failures and minimize cost overruns. Premios( formerly DCG Software Value) provides a number of services that help management improve their software development processes. For more information visit https://premiosgroup.com/function-point-analysis-estimation/
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An Investigation of Critical Failure Factors In Information Technology ProjectsIOSR Journals
Rate of failed projects in information technology system project remains high in comparison with other infrastructure or high technology projects. The objective of this paper is to determine and represent a broad range of potential failure factors during the implementation phase and cause of IS/IT Project defeat/failure. Challenges exist in order to achieve the projects goal successfully and to avoid the failure. In this research study, 12 articles were studied as significant contributions to analyze developing a list of critical failure factors of IT projects
Software projects’ past goes back to four or more decades. We encounter the first software project risk management paper in 1991[1] and the study [2] reports that in 1995 US spent $250 billion to software projects and these projects had estimated $59 billion in cost overruns and another $81 billion had spent on canceled software projects.Although failures are tremendous, we have observed the project risks and critical success factors are given like shopping lists and so the remedies of risk factors. Very few studies exist for searching the relationships of these risk factors and the relationship between remedies and risk factors. We are trying to construct a simple model of risks and remedies borrowing concepts from systems and control theory.
“What a waste of money”
IT Project Failure and how to avoid it
This white paper examines the reasons why IT projects fail. The results of several studies are presented, and the trends for failure rates
examined. A number of reasons for project failure are considered, and recommendations are made as to how project failure may be
avoided.
It’s almost an unwritten rule that IT projects fail - or at least a significant number of them do! IT Projects do not need to fail,
but it seems to have become an acceptable norm. The reasons why they fail have not changed much over the past 15 years,
and neither have the rates of failure. Although there have been many attempts to propose simple guidelines, which, it has
been argued, can change IT project success rates significantly, projects continue to fail.
In the following sections we will consider what is meant by project failure, and then look at the results of studies that provide
figures for IT project failure rates. We will examine the reasons why they fail, and consider ways to avoid project failure.
BBA 3626, Project Management Overview 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit I
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Identify project management concepts.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management, pp. 2-19, and 23
Unit Lesson
Unit I covers basic project management concepts. This summary is going to emphasize some major project
failures. Let’s start out with a quote that relates to this subject by Albert Einstein, “Insanity: doing the same
thing over again and expecting different results” (Nelson, 2007, p. 1).
One of the project failures of 2014 was the healthcare.gov failure which caused a major crisis for this
mandated program. This failure was due to an over aggressive schedule and not meeting the customer
needs. Too many people trying to get access to a site that could not handle the capacity helped the failure of
heathcare.gov. It appears that possibly the site was not tested to see if the capacity was correct or could
handle the load. The healthcare.gov site was not ready to go when it went into implementation. According to
Matthew Heusser (2013), this was “the most public software project failure of the decade” (para. 2).
Healthcare.gov used the agile approach to software development in the terms of a sprint. A sprint is a session
every two weeks where the team goes over their progress and shows what works or does not work. Then the
team plans what they will do next. It is a storyboard type of development that is the new buzz word for
software development. Basically, each sprint is an iteration or a completed chunk of software development to
be designed. The theory is that the software code is designed, coded, and fully tested from end-to-end before
moving on to the next chunk. The development may have been going along fine but the system was not ready
to be fully implemented as a finished product. The system was not tested to its capacity if at all. The project’s
failure was monumental and systemic. Multiple failures occurred on multiple levels, but no one really knows
exactly what happened. Healthcare.gov was only in the beta testing phase which means it was not ready for
production (Heusser, 2013).
Media sites such as the New Yorker, Washington Post, and MedCity News claimed healthcare.gov failed
because agile development was not utilized. Unfortunately, that was false because healthcare.gov’s front-end
GUI and back-end data services hub were utilizing agile processes. Evidence clearly showed that sprints,
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have helped this project be successful. There is one thing for certain, bad project management skills were
alive and well in this project (Daconta, 2013).
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2. IT PROJECT FAILURE
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3. OBJECTIVES
Understanding IS concept from different authors
Describe contribution of 20 critical success factors for IS projects
Understanding IS projects
Understanding IS project failure.
Explaining categories of IS project failure
Exploring Levels of IS project failure
Analyzing IS project success and failure from the case studies
4. Introduction to Information Systems
According to (Lally, 2004) an Information System is composed of software,
hardware, communication systems and people. It is a critical investment for
organizational survival. It increases the efficiency and effectiveness of daily
business by integrating organizational processes and structures. Generally the
Information System is the core of any business.
The IS can also be defined as the collection of technical and human resources
that provide the storage, computing distribution and communication for the
information required by all or some part of an enterprise/organization
(Martinez, 2008)
Generally…
5. Critical success factors
This part describes factors that contributes to the success or failure of Projects.
Number of Authors, define different Critical Success Factors (CSFs) that they believe to
be vital for project success
Twenty Critical Success Factors
8. Understanding IS project failure
A project can be defined as an achievement of a specific objective, which involves a
series of activities and tasks which consume resources. It must be completed within a
set specification, having definite start and end dates (Munns and Bjeirmi, 1996)
Chaos Report analyses that 70% of large-scale IS investment fail.
We must first analyze the roots of failure and define a clear and precise definition of
failure
9. Understanding IS project failure
What is Project Failure
Project failure in the generic context can be defined as, projects that are late
or over budget, an inability to fully realize the expected benefits or gain the
acceptance and enthusiastic support of users and management
10. Categories of IS project failure
Due to difficulties observed in defining failure of projects as whole, It is more
plausible to have a number of degrees of failures.
Authors define four major categories of IS project failure as: -
Correspondence failure - The IS fails to meet it’s design objectives.
Process failure - The IS overruns it’s budget or time constraints.
Interaction failure - The users maintain low or non-interaction with the IS.
Expectation failure - The IS does not meet stakeholders’ expectations.
11. Categories of IS project failure
The type of failure and the level of failure must also be defined clearly, as
failure can represent different circumstances to different people or
organizations.
Within IS failure you can have
Organizational
Technical Failures
Human
12. Levels of IS project failure
Failure can be analyzed in different levels that is minor, major and critical.
This improves previous definition of failure since it incorporates the twenty
different Critical Success Factors.
Minor (Level 1) - the final IS project does still meet its objectives and is
completed.
Major (Level 2) - the IS project does not meet all of its requirements and will
not be achieved within budget and on time.
There are two scenarios in this case: -
The project can continue and will be completed, but will have run over its
schedule and financial budget.
It will also not complete all of its objectives, but the solution is workable.
13. Levels of IS project failure
Critical (Level 3) - IS project does not meet any of its requirements or objectives.
It is most likely to be scrapped after running over time and budget.
There is also probably no end in sight for the project.
The levels of failure are cumulative and level three cannot be reached without going
through level one and level two failures.
At level one the project team should be critically aware of the downward spiral of the IS
project. They should be willing to respond effectively to the changing environment that
has resulted in level one failure.
If the project moves into level two it becomes apparent that the IS project is in major
difficulty and is at risk been cancelled, thus falling into level three failure.
15. An analysis of IS project case studies
The analysis procedure aims to integrate the reasons for project success and
failure.
The table below identifies the critical success factors that were present in the
life of the ITS projects that were examined in the case studies: Taurus,
DIA(Denver International Airport), ISIS(ILCUTECH Standardised Information
System) and NATS(National Air Transport Service).
The table describes the reason for failure and success of projects discussed.
Two projects where executed to success (DIA and NATS) while the remaining
two were failed(Taurus and ISIS).
Projects with 10 or more than 10 critical factors was able to reach completion
while one with less than 10 critical factors(critical level) failed
18. An analysis of IS project case studies
From analysis of past literature and research on Taurus:
power, politics and responsibilities were the main contributing factors in the failure of the
project(Drummond,1996), (Drummond,1999) and (Goulielmos,2003)
The persistence to deny failure, a socio-economic problem that is widespread across all
projects.
The Taurus project was a level three failure as the majority of the critical success factors
were not achieved.
ISIS
It was created to promote centralized use of technology within the credit Union.
It experienced a third level failure as there was lack of standardization of software and
hardware.
19. An analysis of IS project case studies
By creating a centralized system balance of power shifts from individual
Credit Union, thus loosing their identity
There was lack of strong management as for three months the project was
viewed as been at schedules and management.
DABHS
It was created to improve ground efficiency, reduce closeout time for hub
operations and decrease time-consuming manual sorting and handling
It was overbudgeted
20. An analysis of IS project case studies
And also used a new technology,
It became complex as top management failed to redefine business practices and its
organizational structure in relation to the technology investment to be used
Although it suffered level two failure it was a critical component for the airport to operate
hence failure was incomprehensible
NATS
it was created as an upgrade to the existing system.
There were three providers of technology(IBM,Loral and lockhead Martin)
The project team were new to to the area of air traffic control and did not understand
the working of an air traffic control system
The two case studies that had critical failure (Taurus & ISIS) had very few CSFs present in the
life of the project. The Taurus project had seven CSFs present and the ISIS had two CSFs
present
21. An analysis of IS project case studies
This is an alarmingly low number of CSFs and if the project management team
had created adequate risk analysis of the project prior and during the life of
the project, they could had averted or stopped the project from escalating
into failure. The projects that suffered major failure (DIA and NATS), but
eventually got finished, also had a number of CSFs missing during the
projects life.
The DIA automated baggage handling system had ten CSFs present according
to the author’s findings. It had 50% of the factors, thus succeeding after major
disruptions. The NATS project also had eleven CSFs present in the author’s
findings. It was also an essential service to the UK, so failure was not a
possibility.
22. An analysis of IS project case studies
The CSFs that were identified were used to examine the successes or
failures of each individual case study.
This enabled the author to draw conclusions on the reasons why IS
projects have such a high rate of failure.
The author proposes a system that can be used by researchers and
developers to investigate if ITS projects are following a path to success.
24. Conclusion
Information Technology System project failures has never really evolved into a
success, because failure is not accepted and future prevention techniques are not
developed, as all the facts are not disclosed.
The issue of risk management techniques used in project development could be
examined to compliment the CSFs model.
Another important area that could be examined further is social constructivism and
how it influences the outcome of an IS project.
25. SUMMARY
IS :- is any organized system for the collection, organization, storage and
communication of information.
Projects :- is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create unique product,
service or result
20 Critical success factors are user involvement, competent staff,
ownership, executive management support, Realistic Expectations, clear
vision and objectives, Smaller Project Milestones, hard working, focus staff,
Adequate Resources and Funding, Minimum start-up difficulties, Absence
of bureaucracy and politics, Project achieves its purpose and objectives, It
satisfies the needs of the owners, users, project team and stakeholders,
Commercially profitable for the contractor, Delivered to budget, on
schedule, and to technical specification, Smaller Project Milestones,
Realistic Expectations, Proper Planning i.e. cost and time estimate.
26. SUMMARY
Four categories of IS failure
Correspondence failure
Process failure
Interaction failure
Expectation failure
Level of IS project failure
Level 1(minor)
Level 2(major)
Level 3(critical)