Is it management? Planning?
2006-08-24 01:10:15 · 11 answers · asked by danielnoo 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
In a word:
Salesmen
(I presume you're talking about the current NHS debacle)
Salespeople don't understand computers - they can barely understand a mobile/cellular phone, unless a four-year old shows them how to turn it on. IT projects are simple to quote on, but bluddy hard to implement. The salesman who comes in with the cheapest price wins the deal. Three years and six billion quid later, the purchaser (who is mildly more stupid and seriously more gullible that the salesman) realises that (s)he has been sold the most common product in the world - "Vapourware".
But now that we've got so much time and money invested, we just *m*u*s*t* extend the time and money budgets, right? (Salesmen count on this, they get their commission on the over-run costs as well)
It's just a shame that nobody ever asked the doctors what they wanted, 'cos they didn't want the system in the first place.
2006-08-24 01:24:10 · answer #1 · answered by gnyla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ANY project that comes in late and over budget is not planned properly, and is not managed properly.
The planners should have thought of all the possible cost adds and should have seen realistic time frames.
The manager should have kept the project on task, and should have seen early on if the time frame and/or budget was unrealistic.
2006-08-24 01:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Project Managers these days are professionals in project planning itself, whilst being removed from the subject matter of the projects they plan. Therefore, they are doing things like ascribing arbitrary timescales on things like actual development without having any coalface knowledge of realistic estimates. Senior management assign budget based on the findings of these same project managers.
2006-08-24 01:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by johninmelb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually because of poorly defined requirements, poor planning, poor risk management and poor implementation. Many IT projects do come in on time and on budget, however the ones that fail make a better story.
2006-08-24 01:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by popeleo5th 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because most companies deploy Microsoft software.
People never learn, and keep being bowled over by the marketing engine.
2006-08-24 01:18:53 · answer #5 · answered by True B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the other answers, I think you have the wrong project manager
I properly planned and executed project should NOT over run
2006-08-24 01:15:47 · answer #6 · answered by Dark_Mushroom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we have to wait on other people for things, approvals and such. And sometimes we like to go to starbucks for extended coffee breaks instead of doing the work that needs to be done :-)
2006-08-24 01:15:53 · answer #7 · answered by empress_pam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
firms bid for the projects.. cheapest wins
they get the quotes as cheap as possible, by 'exagerating' time scales, and prices.
normally, if you look at all the quotes, and then pik the highest, its more likely to be close to a 'real world' picture..
2006-08-24 01:15:10 · answer #8 · answered by yeah well 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the huge ammount of variables involved.
Get a set figure for the one job rather than time based. That way if they mess you around they'll be paying for it and not you!
2006-08-24 01:13:01 · answer #9 · answered by Wilf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine dont, they finish on time, or early and I have only once had a 3% over run.
Projects in excess of £10 million
Anyone want to hire me?
2006-08-24 01:12:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋