Communication difficulties between IT proffessionals and Managers

Software project management is a sector that has witnessed probably the highest rate of project failure in the world according to Sukhoo et al. (2004a). Studies on the reasons for failure of IT projects repeatedly identify poor communication as a major reason (Standish Group Research Note 1998). According to a report from KPMG published in 2002 which covered 134 listed companies in the UK US Africa Australia and Europe 56 per cent of firms have had to write off at least one IT project in the last year as a failure. The average loss incurred as a result of these failures was about €12.5m with the single biggest write-off costing almost €210m.