By Michael Krigsman on June 9, 2010
Courtesy of Naomi Bloom’s HR strategy and technology blog, this drawing illustrates the inner workings of failed IT projects.
Study the picture closely, and you’ll see the following:
- Complexity
- Information silos
- Poor communication
- Complicated, although well-defined, process
- Completely failed outcome
Do your company’s projects look like this?

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Well-known expert on why IT projects fail, CEO of
Asuret, a Brookline, MA consultancy that uses specialized tools to measure and detect potential vulnerabilities in projects, programs, and initiatives. Also a popular and prolific blogger, writing the
IT Project Failures blog for ZDNet.