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Meta Group Quarterly: What CIOs need to succeed
Comment According to Meta Group research, 95 per cent of IT projects that experience cost overruns also suffer from scheduling problems and these variances translate directly to increased risk and cost. Unfortunately, successful project achievements are... [02 Aug 2004]
Offshoring has potential to save millions
News The second is poor management of IT projects, which results in overruns. A total of £165m is lost each year because of IT failings, according to a recent survey by Business Engines, a provider of project portfolio management software. [30 Jun 2004]
Majority of outsourcing deals are late and over budget
News The findings show that 80 per cent of businesses have suffered time and cost overruns and non-adherence to specification, The research identifies the key areas where savings can be made and O'Neill said labour costs can be cut by 40 per cent... [14 Jun 2004]
Failed IT projects costing firms £13m a year
News The main excuses for cost overruns were changes to plans, a poor brief and a lack of resources. All you get from a technology project is capability," he said. One common reason for failed projects is staff's fear of telling a CEO when a project he... [17 May 2004]
Manage Changing Requirements Before They Manage You
White Paper While some changes are good, other changes can destabilize the project and result in lost objectives, budget overruns and missed deadlines. Increased competition, more demanding customers, and dynamic business needs lead to added pressure on... [25 Feb 2004]
The Evolution of Software Debugging
White Paper In fact, debugging is responsible for 80% of all software project overruns. Software debugging is the process by which developers attempt to remove coding defects from a computer program. It is not uncommon for the debugging phase of software... [25 Feb 2004]
Data Migration (DM) Factory... The DM Solution?
White Paper A properly organized and operated DM Factory eliminates much of the risk of massive cost overruns and schedule delays by dramatically reducing the multiple iterations that usually occur when moving data from one system to another. [25 Feb 2004]
Offshoring - a new time and a new place for your IT?
Comment That's quite a claim for a sector known for delays and cost overruns. To make the best of the cost savings of sending work offshore, a client needs to minimise the amount of costly 'face-time' a project requires, which means managing the project at... [15 May 2003]
FBI IT projects blasted by DoJ
News These contributed to delays and cost overruns in a critical project aimed at updating the agency's IT infrastructure, among other things. That project, known as Trilogy, is expected to provide long overdue updates in FBI field office computer systems. [23 Dec 2002]
Microsoft's Office and IE in critical security threat
News The new bugs are buffer overruns for Gopher and for Active X controls, a problem in HTML directives displaying XML data, a bug in file downloads, a cross domain verification vulnerability, and a variant of cross-site scripting. [23 Aug 2002]
What if... you could pass responsibility for your application implementation to someone else?
Comment Indirectly, the time problem is also potentially solved as the consultant has an incentive to deliver quickly to avoid cost overruns eating into their margin. Cost overruns and late delivery have been the hallmark of ERP and CRM implementation... [03 Jul 2002]
