{"title":"The Challenge of Large-Scale IT Projects","authors":"Ahmet Denker","volume":9,"journal":"International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering","pagesStart":474,"pagesEnd":478,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10801","abstract":"The trend in the world of Information Technology\n(IT) is getting increasingly large and difficult projects rather than\nsmaller and easier. However, the data on large-scale IT project\nsuccess rates provide cause for concern. This paper seeks to answer\nwhy large-scale IT projects are different from and more difficult than\nother typical engineering projects. Drawing on the industrial\nexperience, a compilation of the conditions that influence failure is\npresented. With a view to improve success rates solutions are\nsuggested.","references":"[1] Brooks, F. P., The Myhical Man Month, Addison Wesley1995.\n[2] Standish Group, Chaos, 1995\n[3] Sauer, C. and Cuthbertson, C., The State of IT Project Management in\nthe U.K., Oxford, 2003.\n[4] Darren, D. And Genus, A., Avoiding IS\/IT Implementation Failure,\nTASM, vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 403-407, 2003.\n[5] Glass, R. \"IS Field: Stress Up, Satisfaction Down,\" Software\nPractitioner, 1994.\n[6] Soyers, D., The Mind of the Maker, Harper San Francisco\n[7] Hoch, D. J., Secrets of Software Success, Harvard Press, 2000.\n[8] Cobb, M., Unfinished Voyages, A Follow-up to the CHAOS Report,\nThe Standish Group, 1996.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 9, 2007"}