System Project Failure: The Heuristics of Risk
David Mccomb, Jill Y. Smith · Journal of Information Systems Management · 1991
System project failures are a well-known part of systems development; however, all the potential risks of planning and executing a project effort are not This article offers heuristic guidelines to help IS managers assess these inherent risk factors before initiating and while executing a project. Case examples illustrate how a particular risk factor can result in a failed systems development effort.