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 ...

The Project Management Institute and The Agile Alliance spent over 20 years competing for project funding, certifications, training dollars and credibility. Their agreement to form The PMI Agile ...

Project failure is an issue that seems to dog IT like no other. Be it government or private sector business, project failure has an enormous impact, costing billions of dollars every year. Too often, ...

Big technology projects fail most of the time. Is there any way to reduce the likelihood of failure? Yes: look at definition, scope and management problems, but don’t look too closely at problems with ...

One-third of all money spent on software is used to repair botched projects, says Atlantic Systems Guild principal and author James Robertson, with billions spent each year reworking software that ...

For private- and public-sector leaders, managing risk is a key component of every IT project. But the traditional approach of handing off accountability to vendors too often increases the risk of ...

Project managers' tendency to focus on risks that are familiar, measurable, and controllable leaves projects vulnerable to risks. OVERVIEW: New product development projects are highly risky technical ...

In many technical projects, failure is not caused by a lack of talent, but by a lack of structure. Despite the availability ...

It is within this context that Madhusudan Nagaraja has been contributing independent advisory guidance as a member of the PMI Infinity Advisory Committee. PMI Infinity, launched in January 2024, is ...

Appraisal modernization requires adoption of technology – often new technology that lenders have not implemented before. Many appraisal technology platform vendors emerged at the same time the concept ...