Top 10 Reasons Why Systems Projects Fail
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Based upon past experience, when undertaking a large, complex, systems project, the realistic expectation should be that the project will fail. In particular, business process reengineering (BPR) projects have an even higher failure rate because of their expanded scope. Hiring a large, established consulting company is no guarantee of success; neither is buying packaged software and implementing it.
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