Surveys and Reports by independent bodies such as Gartner, META Group, Deloitte Consulting, and both Cranfield and Henley Schools of Management all confirm that the reasons for project failure do not lie in a basic misunderstanding of the activities needed to ensure project success.

Lack of success results from the failure to follow a more scientific approach to the identification of strategic needs, and a comprehensive mechanism to manage the delivery of benefits required from projects.

A recent survey published by the British Computer Society shows the most common contributory factor that leads to project failure is the failure to define and manage project scope (81.6%).

Identifying a positive Return on Investment (ROI) is a common means of determining which projects will be selected for approval – yet if this is the sole criterion for success why is it that so many projects are deemed “failures” – some spectacularly so?

Nobody sets out to be one of the 81% of project failures. Nobody sets out to be on the front page of Computing magazine.

The Interchange assure™ project needs and benefits analysis module uses formal methods to ensure that project scope has been determined correctly; that it is aligned with the key business drivers; and that benefits have been properly quantified.

The remaining  assure™ modules ensure that the benefits identified are actually delivered!