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The ultimate cost of bad IT is the fear of change that paralyses industries

January 5, 2016 by Adrian Grigoriu

Such IT failures we learn nothing from, have a debilitating effect on future projects. Organizations are paralysed by the fear of change. Hence things continue to be bad for fear they can get even worse.

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The cost of bad IT begins with a poor situation appraisal

December 31, 2015 by Adrian Grigoriu

Failing to appraise the situation properly is perhaps the main cause of failure for IT projects.

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The cost of bad IT increases with poor situation appraisal

December 30, 2015 by Adrian Grigoriu

Failing to appraise the situation properly is perhaps the main cause of failure for IT projects.

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The cost of bad IT (i)

December 29, 2015 by Adrian Grigoriu

The planning has been found unrealistic… Without experience, the team may fail to recognise components, dependencies, issues and risks…
Or the planners had to squeeze the execution schedule at the political pressure form above… Squeezing time ri…

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The costs of bad IT

December 17, 2015 by Adrian Grigoriu

“The cost of bad IT, the e-borders project failure at £830 million and rising” as BBC reports.
“The e-borders scheme was meant to collect and analyse data on everyone travelling to and from the UK before

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