Communication difficulties between IT proffessionals and Managers

ISBN-13: 9783330033177 / Angielski

Lotta Mayana

Opis

Software project management is a sector that has witnessed probably the highest rate of project failure in the world according to Sukhoo et al., (2004a). Studies on the reasons for failure of IT projects repeatedly identify poor communication as a major reason (Standish Group Research Note, 1998). According to a report from KPMG published in 2002, which covered 134 listed companies in the UK, US, Africa, Australia and Europe, 56 per cent of firms have had to write off at least one IT project in the last year as a failure. The average loss incurred as a result of these failures was about EUR12.5m, with the single biggest write-off costing almost EUR210m.

O autorze

Mayana, Lotta
Mr. Lotta Mayana is one of the few Chemists who has designed, commissioned and managed an ISO 17025 accredited ambient air quality network in South Africa and SADC. He currently holds a post of a Quality Manager within the South African Weather Service head office.