Insights from IT Project Lawsuits
Bjarne Rerup Schlichter, Tetiana Buchynska · Procedia Computer Science · 2025
Practice and research indicate that many IT projects encounter problems. It is a complex world where we see (massive) budget overruns, major issues with meeting schedules and deliveries that do not meet the recipients’ expectations. This article suggests a new research agenda based on experience from projects so problematic that the parties have ended up in the ultimate conflict, a lawsuit. Based on insights from literature and actual lawsuits several ideas for research and some illustrative examples are given.