A study of IT "abandonment" reported by the British Computer Society (BCS) reinforces the notion that IT projects fail primarily for non-technical causes. Such quantitative research is important in helping managers understand the business, organizational, political, and cultural dimensions of IT failure.
Readers of this blog know IT initiatives generally fail for business, organizational, or cultural reasons. Sure, technology screw-ups occur all the time, but that's one of the realities to be managed. Success or failure ultimately depends on how project leadership manages the full range of technical- and non-technical issues.
Enterprise dashboards summarize measurements and results of critical business functions into visual displays. In areas such as IT, it can be difficult to define useful metrics, because the performance measures may be highly complex or subjective.
Reports suggest that several IT failures may have contributed to the BP oil spill. More importantly, the spill represents a deep state of failed leadership inside BP.
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On this episode, we speak with Todd McKinnon, the CEO and co-founder of Okta, an enterprise grade identity management service.
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