Successful IT Project Delivery: Learning the Lessons of Project Failure

Successful IT Project Delivery: Learning the Lessons of Project Failure

by David Yardley (Author)

Synopsis

This book sets out to address the causes of IT project failure and provides the reader with an opportunity so often denied within their own workplace - to learn the lessons from project failure. It uses private and public sector case studies to show how projects can fail easily if only a small number of critical success factors are not met.

Key Features
  • Understand the impact of failed projects and why they failed in the first place.
  • Provides you with a comprehensive set of guidelines and techniques to help deliver a successful IT project.
  • Helps you understand the strengths and weaknesses of IT methodologies used today.
  • Learn valuable lessons from previous project failures.
  • Understand how the behaviour of the project team and key stakeholders can influence the outcome of the project.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: 1
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Published: 06 Nov 2002

ISBN 10: 0201756064
ISBN 13: 9780201756067

Author Bio

David Yardley is currently a Principal Consultant working for CACI (UK) Ltd and has over fifteen years' experience of working in IT industry. His experience spans IT projects within many different business sectors including: aero-engineering, computer manufacture, telecommunications, transport as well as many public sector projects.

David is a member of the British Computer Society and has written articles for Computing on data centre automation and diagnosing network failure. He is also the author of Careers in Computing and IT andGetting a Top Job in IT, published by Kogan Page.