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Chapter 10  Change management

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collaboration between different skill sets;

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managing stakeholder expectations.

Further research by the Standish Group summarised by Clarety (2009) reveals further 

insights into the reasons for project failure. It identifies the top five reasons for ‘challenged 

projects’ mentioned by respondents:

1 

Lack of user input (12.8%)

2 

Incomplete requirements and specifications (12.3%)

3 

Changing requirements and specifications (11.8%)

4 

Lack of executive support (7.5%)

5 

Technology incompetence (7%)

The top five success factors were identified as:

1 

User involvement (15.9%)

2 

Executive management support (13.9%)

3 

Clear statement of requirements (13.0%)