IT success! towards a new model for information technology
"Fifty years after the birth of corporate computing, IT today is still characterized by 50-70% project failure rates. Which is pretty scary when you come to think of it: either a goblin has cast a spell on a whole profession - or that profession is doing something fundamentally wrong". IT...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons
c2007.
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Edición: | 1st edition |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627656506719 |
Sumario: | "Fifty years after the birth of corporate computing, IT today is still characterized by 50-70% project failure rates. Which is pretty scary when you come to think of it: either a goblin has cast a spell on a whole profession - or that profession is doing something fundamentally wrong". IT Success! challenges the widespread assumption that an IT department is like a building contractor whose project managers, architects and engineers (all construction industry terms...) are supposed to deliver systems on schedule, within budget and to spec. Michael Gentle explains why this is not |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781281135391 9786611135393 9780470724415 |