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Why big IT projects always go wrong

4 points| weiran | 13 years ago |m.guardian.co.uk

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arocks|13 years ago

Direct link to the research mentioned in the article: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.0265v1.pdf

It concludes that Big Bang risky projects should be avoided and smaller projects with comprehensive contingency plans should be preferred instead.

toadi|13 years ago

Strange the article doesn't mention the conclusion. Looks like the advice is not to do anything...

deluxaran|13 years ago

In my opinion the problem lies in planning. The bigger the project the more the entropy can start to have fun with it :)