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Delivering a single project on time, on budget, and with the desired scope is 
challenging enough.  How about scaling it across the enterprise? Project 
management principles are making their mark. Though there's plenty of room to 
improve, The Standish Group's 2003 CHAOS Chronicles show some reasons to be 
encouraged.  Successful projects have doubled from 1994 to 2002 and the 
number of failed projects have been cut in half.  Now, it might be 
difficult to get excited about the fact that only 34% of projects are completed 
successfully, but the point is we're moving in the right direction. But we have to scale it across the enterprise.  We need to better align 
with the business.  We have to achieve project success more consistently, 
regardless of who the project manager is.  |