10 Biggest IT Development Money Wasters

From Justin James and Techrepublic: IT Development Moneywasters

#1: Communication problems

#2: Process issues

#3: Refusal to go live and iterate (aka: insistence upon perfection)

#4: Penny wise, pound foolish

#5: Outsourcing missteps

#6: “The Longest Yard” (documentation and user training)

#7: Developers used as support staff

#8: Poor foundation for development

#9: Fail to know the business

#10: Neglect to calculate project ROI

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