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Cobb's Paradox: "We know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure -- so why do they still fail?" Martin Cobb Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

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1 Cobb's Paradox: "We know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure -- so why do they still fail?" Martin Cobb Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Ottawa,Canada

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13 Management of Change Old IS New IS Old business problem and environment New business problem and environment

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18 http://events.standishgroup.com/ChaosU http://www.pm2go.com/

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20 IS project Characteristics Require the intense collaboration of three groups of stakeholders: IS staff, end users, management IS projects are conceptual in nature. IS projects are capital intensive

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