In a paper titled “A Study in Project Failure,” two
researchers examined the success and failure of 214 IT
projects over an eight-year period in several European
countries.
The researchers found that only one in eight (12.5 percent)
were considered successful in terms of meeting scope,
time, and cost goals.
The authors said that the culture within many organizations
is often to blame
Among other things, people often do not discuss important
leadership, stakeholder, and risk management issues