Risk Management

http://www.internalcontrolsdesign.co.uk/index.shtml

Failure-Proof

http://www.failureproofprojects.com/peril2.php

Voices

http://blogs.pmi.org/blog/voices_on_project_management/project-failure/

Avoiding

Avoiding these 12 common mistakes will keep your projects on track and successful.

1. Project is Not Part of The Strategic Plan

2. No Executive Sponsorship

3. Poor Technology Evaluation

4. No Customer Involvement

5. Scope Creep

6. Invalid Pilots

7. Inadequate Testing

8. Poor Planning

9. Rolling Out At The Wrong Time

10. Limited Training

11. Under Estimating Change To The Business

12. Avoiding Risk Analysis

http://www.executivebusinessadvisers.com/Articles/How_To_Avoid_Project_Failure.pdf

Risk Management Plans to Prevent

http://www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/13817.aspx

Dominant Dozen Early Warning Signs of IT Project Failure

PEOPLE-RELATED RISKS

1. Lack of top management support
2. Weak project manager
3. No stakeholder involvement and/or participation
4. Weak commitment of project team
5. Team members lack requisite knowledge and/or skills
6. Subject matter experts are overscheduled

PROCESS-RELATED RISKS

1. Lack of documented requirements and/or success criteria
2. No change control process (change management)
3. Ineffective schedule planning and/or management
4. Communication breakdown among stakeholders
5. Resources assigned to a higher priority project
6. No business case for the project

http://www.ism-journal.com/ITToday/projectfailure.pdf

Statistics

http://www.it-cortex.com/Stat_Failure_Cause.htm