Why IT projects succeed or fail sometimes has no direct relationship to the quality of the project itself. Sometimes projects fail because nobody properly attended to the requisite politicking.

Zeus Kerravala is the founder and principal analyst with ZK Research, and provides a mix of tactical advice to help his clients in the current business climate and long-term strategic advice. When IT ...

With over seven years of experience as a freelance technology writer and reporter, Tim Keary has a range of experience breaking down complex technologies into simple and accessible content. His work ...

Project-management skills are essential for most leaders, but especially so for tech leaders. Tech teams often juggle multiple projects at the same time, dealing with multiple stakeholders, deadlines ...

Having worked with small and medium-sized businesses for many years, one thing that’s clear to me is that no two are alike. Even among those that compete in the same industries, every small and medium ...

Purdue University's Managing Information Technology Projects Graduate Certificate equips professionals with essential skills for leading IT projects. This flexible, 100% online program enhances ...

As hospitals and health systems across the country grapple with revenue declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, executives are mapping out which IT projects they can delay amid potential financial ...

Nuclear power construction and IT projects also tend to go disastrously and exorbitantly wrong. But these are just three of the worst kinds of megaprojects, a cursed category defined by the authors, ...

The litany of failed government IT projects is like a roll call of grievous misfortune and “stupendous incompetence”, as a House of Commons Public Accounts Committee once said, referring to an IT ...

Seven in 10 government IT projects in the United Kingdom have failed, according to the chief information officer of the Department for Work and Pensions. Joe Harley called for projects to be completed ...

The whole life cost of government IT projects totals £36bn, according to the newly created National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority’s (Nista’s) annual report – however, several of ...

Ever wondered why IT project status reports are so upbeat, managers continue to fund losing efforts, and some projects are doomed from the start? Sue Young, CEO of ANDA Consulting in Colchester, Vt., ...