Learning from Information Technology Implementation Failures

Sep 6

There is always a lot that we can learn from successful technology and software developments. There is also a lot we can learn, unfortunately, from technology and software development “failures”. In analyzing over twenty well-documented and publicized failures, one fundamental issue came through loud and clear. A major mismatch between the enterprise data representations and processes, and the vendor’s data representations and processes. There is a pretty straightforward way to address this situation.