SAAQclic fiasco: IT projects are more likely to go way over budget, says expert

Information technology (IT) projects carry a “much higher” cost risk than other areas of business, according to an expert from Oxford University.

One in five IT projects exceeds its budget by an average of 450 per cent, Professor Emeritus Bent Flyvbjerg told the Gallant Commission on Tuesday, which is investigating the SAAQclic fiasco...