First Technology Western Cape

Jul 2, 20201 min

Nine bad things that happen when IT projects go wrong

Digital transformation projects can offer big benefits - but when they fail, the impact can last for years.

Digital transformation projects are usually billed as a way for businesses to leapfrog their competition, cast off old-fashioned ways of doing things, and reinvent themselves for the future. But what happens when these projects go wrong?

The most common impact of a digital transformation failure was to create a fear of failure for future similar projects, according to a survey of executives.

More alarmingly, the second most likely impact was 'complete department shutdown', which was listed by over a quarter of execs who had experienced a failure. [1]

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By Steve Ranger on ZDNet

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