Independent UK Survey Reveals Top Three Reasons Why Web Projects Fail

2008/05/22 13:11

Press Release from:

New Bamboo

UK IT managers and directors admit that web projects are repeatedly failing to fully meet business or organisational objectives according to an independent survey commissioned by New Bamboo, the specialist in bespoke software development using Ruby on Rails. Respondents of the survey claimed this was due to three key reasons: (1) too many changing requirements; (2) too many stake holders to please; (3) not enough budget or time to deliver.

The study, which questioned 100 senior IT managers and directors across businesses from a variety of industries, showed that the majority of

Independent UK Survey Reveals Top Three Reasons Why Web Projects Fail

businesses and organisations (61% of respondents surveyed) were still involved in delivering a basic web site or upgrade on an existing site. Whilst four out of ten IT managers and directors were trying to deliver either a bespoke solution unique to their business or e-commence functionality to their existing site.

Damien Tanner, Co-founder of New Bamboo said, “It is critical to get the basics right. If companies are willing to accept failings in the development process for smaller projects, there is a real chance they may not revise their processes before tackling more ambitious projects. The end goal is to deliver business value – yet rigid requirements make it difficult to react to the changes that inevitably occur as knowledge and environments evolve. Requirements that have been omitted are generally picked up late in the process - by which time they are awkward and costly to implement".