What???? What is going on here if 3/4 of IT projects are failing.
This is a great article from the management-issues website discussing how we as HR/HRIS/OD professionals should think about our human capital management/talent management initiatives differently to give ourselves a better chance of success.
One of the biggest reasons pointed out for failure is the loss of strategy connection from the CEO throughout the organization. It goes something like this:
Mr/Ms CIO, I need a tool to insure I can track the talent I have in the organization and what I am going to need in the future. The CIO goes, works with HR, and buys:
Recruiting Tools * Performance Management Tools * Learning Management Tools
The organization spends 2 million dollars on the tools; the CEO is excited and asks for his/her report on where talent is today only to find out:
These systems only automate a transaction * They don't talk to each other * Only can report on what transactions have been completed
The IT project is now deemed a failure. Don't let this happen in your organization. Insure you are tying the project to a strategy that will be the vein of the project to insure success.
Another infusion of knowledge..
