{"id":14,"date":"2017-09-19T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/?p=14"},"modified":"2021-06-09T06:32:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T06:32:23","slug":"it_project_failure_rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/it_project_failure_rates\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Projects Failure Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">Large Projects =&gt; Higher Failure Rates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">It is time to break down your large projects Into small and micro projects then glue these sub projects (services) together.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/it_project_failure_rates\/a0fdd009-ce14-43be-94f2-2e80e3ac5a41-original\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/files\/2017\/09\/a0fdd009-ce14-43be-94f2-2e80e3ac5a41-original.jpeg?fit=600%2C517&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,517\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IT PROJECT FAILURE RATES\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/files\/2017\/09\/a0fdd009-ce14-43be-94f2-2e80e3ac5a41-original.jpeg?fit=600%2C517&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/files\/2017\/09\/a0fdd009-ce14-43be-94f2-2e80e3ac5a41-original-300x259.jpeg?resize=486%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/files\/2017\/09\/a0fdd009-ce14-43be-94f2-2e80e3ac5a41-original.jpeg?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/samuelgerges\/files\/2017\/09\/a0fdd009-ce14-43be-94f2-2e80e3ac5a41-original.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Large Projects =&gt; Higher Failure Rates. 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