Roundgreen Technology Blog

  • Sailing in the right direction

    Large software projects and how to ensure success. Keep a constant eye on “the big picture”, not doing so is like taking your eye of the ball in a football game – guaranteed failure. The lessons behind this single, overarching consideration come from seeing project after project driven down into detail at the earliest opportunity. Read more

  • It’s all about the code!

    In a previous post I discussed how tracking business processes created or function points written can mislead. Business concepts (like business processes) can mean all things to all people because they’re too vague. A business process could be highly complex and take significant resources to implement or likewise, could be very simple and take a Read more

  • Metrics? What are those.

    In my last post I listed the 5 most important (in my humble opinion) “hidden” factors which are likely to cause project failure. I suspect it’s an unusual list and I also suspect number 5 on that list is one of the most misunderstood. Misunderstood because no project manager is ever going to say they Read more

  • Hidden factors: why IT projects fail.

    It’s always been a fascination for me. Some figure close to 80% of IT projects fall short of their original goal, many or even the majority by a huge margin. By fall short I mean some end result like costs doubling, often alongside timescales also doubling. In the worst case, millions are spent and the Read more