Complacency ‘rife’ in IT projects
A report was published in June 2007 found IT departments were not accountable enough and that many European IT workers are not being held responsible for delivering projects late.
It found that 51% of European IT professionals said there would be no risk to their job, compared 33% in Asia and 22% in the Americas.
The study was conducted by HP and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) which spoke to 1,125 professionals worldwide.
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The three most common causes for delay were outsourcing, changing priorities half way through a project and poor co-ordination between managers.
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