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Posted by Kevin Brady on Tue 12th September 2006 at 03:30 AM, Filed in IT Management Check Lists, Project Management, Project|Programme Management Guide
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Angry and frustrated?
Apparently, 90% agreed with this statement with only 10% disagreeing. I have to say this is not a response I would have expected when you take into account the currently stratospheric IT project failure rates (70% to 92% per annum). First hand experience has always shown (after auditing 50 + projects & programmes of work during my career) that the inappropriate selection and engagement of third party suppliers is one of the key aggravating factors behind many IT project /programme failures. For example, Computerweekly has been running a big campaign to try and stamp out the well-known and growing practice of “stiffing”.
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Posted by Kevin Brady on Thu 29th June 2006 at 03:40 AM, Filed in Free Check Lists, IT Management Check Lists
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Once “Money Machine” Management Consultants /Software Houses get their foot in the door, they don’t just get busy helping you, they also get busy helping themselves. Finding new ways of emptying your bank account in the way that a spider eats it’s pray from the inside out is their game.
One of the well-trodden techniques they use I often refer to as “Hobbling”
Posted by Kevin Brady on Tue 27th June 2006 at 03:02 AM, Filed in Free Check Lists, IT Management Check Lists
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With reference to Posts like Get Sacking - Path To Project Success
It is clear that many failed or failing IT projects /programmes of work are victims of often elaborate spin management schemes :-
