Hardly a week goes by without some press report of a massive project failure involving software in defense, healthcare, air traffic control or some other government activity. Or so it seems. Why are ...

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 ...

KGB Chairman Charkov’s question to inorganic chemist Valery Legasov in HBO’s “Chernobyl” miniseries makes a good epitaph for ...

Information technology (IT) project failures are nothing new. Whether it be lofty budget overruns that cause a project to be canned or software vendors over-promising what their system can do, IT ...

According to the widely quoted “Chaos Chronicles,” a staggering 66% of IT projects prove unsuccessful in some measure, whether they fail completely, exceed their allotted budget, aren’t completed ...

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.

Encourage open communication and accountability. Implement pilot programs with clear guardrails. Regularly assess and pivot projects based on ongoing feedback. Destigmatize failure by openly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Expert in data-driven physical-to-digital business transformation. While it is quite natural in IT’s world view to talk features, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The project failure rate for businesses of all sizes is staggering. A well-known PWC study of more than 10,640 projects found that just 2.5% were completed successfully. Barely an improvement, the oft ...

Every year, the Improbable Research organization hands out Ig Nobel prizes to research projects that “first make people laugh, and then make them think.” For example, this year’s Ig Nobel winners, ...