What does IT "failure" actually mean? While this question should be easy to answer, many discussions on the topic become little more than word games. Simple metrics. Some observers, including myself, ...

One approach I have used in rethinking the concept of failure is choosing between two “wheels” after a disappointment—one wheel puts you on a downward spiral and the other puts you on an upward spiral ...

What Does “Too Big to Fail” Mean? In America, size matters. But bigger isn’t always better when it comes to its businesses. Sometimes a company grows so large and becomes such an integral part of an ...

Big technology projects fail most of the time. Is there any way to reduce the likelihood of failure? Yes: look at definition, scope and management problems, but don’t look too closely at problems with ...

When the Doty Committee was appointed to study the state of General Education at Harvard, it faced an obvious but complex problem: Could it make both coherent and strong a program of General Education ...