Information Systems Project Failure

Why do information systems projects continue to fail? Introduction “An information system is a set of people, data, and procedures that work together to provide useful information” (Senn, 1990, p8) Given that information systems (IS) seem to be a useful item, which have the potential to ease peoples’ working lives, why do they create so many problems? That is the topic of discussion for this paper. At first glance the answer seems obvious, it must be …

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