Rethinking Information technology
Categories:Business Management,
Why do many big information technology projects fail? Specifically in the public sector. John Seddon, managing director of vanguard shares his experiences and views why this happens.
There are many examples of major IT projects that have failed to deploy, often at great expense, and very often public money in the public sector.
Six reasons why the NHS National Programme for IT failed
BBC’s DMI project failure is a warning to all organisations
Spreadsheet compiled by Computerweekly.com outlining IT Project status
If you have read the links above, you will see what I mean. Why is it so hard to complete large information technology projects ?
John Seddon from managing director from Vanguard and inventor of “The Vanguard Method” shares his experiences and insights as to why it is so difficult to deliver large IT projects. I would encourage you to watch the entire playlist ( 45 mins approx).