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Problem Starts Way Before the Requirements Process Starts

It was really interesting to see what the five top reasons for killing projects were.

However, to lay the blame at the feet of "flawed requirements process" is somewhat misleading. A requirements process generally deals with the mechanical details (e.g. how many users, how robust, how many transactions per, what kind of platform requirements, etc.)

I would say that the problem is more fundamental:

* Most business people don't have a clear understanding of how important it is to resolve a problem / need and don't know the shelf life of that problem / need.

* Most business people either don't know or haven't articulated what the conditions under which the problem / need ceases to be an issue. Therefore, it's unlikely that they'd know how likely the problem / need will persist into the future and for how long.

* Most business people who initiate such IT projects assume that technology by itself can solve the problem / need.

* Many business people who call for such IT initiatives underestimate the difficulties and complexities of such projects. In other words, overestimate how easy such initiatives are to define, design, develop, implement, roll out, and be adopted by organizations.

You don't want to initiate IT projects for problems / needs that will recede in importance before the project is likely to be useful to the organization(s).

In other words, there is a disconnect between expectation and realism.

Posted by: elizab   Posted on: 11/20/08  (Edited: 11/20/2008 @ 12:07) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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