“IT” project is doomed to fail
Because they are “IT” Projects – conceived and managed by IT
In my experience this usually happens, when:
1. Business care less about IT and do not know how to manage it professionally
2. IT care less about the Business and do not understand it
3. Business and IT are two volunteers-divorcees, forced to coexist behind the Berlin Wall, willingly built by both parties (systems-orphans, server museums and data cemeteries are some of the products of this divorce)
4. “IT” Projects are managed by IT – they are not supported by meaningful business case and have no business driver, thus are self-IT serving
5. IT forgets about it’s role as a Service
6. Business, IT, consultants, IT “ideologists/evangelists/educators” appear to be satisfied with this situation – ironically…
So what’s the point of talking about it?
“IT” driven projects are meaningless and IT application can only be effective, if/where Business takes professional ownership of projects’ business case definition and project implementation processes, thus destroying the Berlin Wall and institutionalizing a Business Project, which uses IT as one of many tools to achieve specific business objective.
Why dare?
