A recent survey shows that most IT projects are late in Europe, with Sweden holding the best success rate (a mere 44%) ahead of Switzerland (24%) and Czech Republic (20%). The main causes for delays are “outsourcing, changed project goals, and poor managerial coordination”.

These figures could be misleading - for example if a one day delay equal to a one year delay - but they show the reality of an industry that still hasn’t figured out how to work adequately with clients, the blame usually having to be shared between the clients-who-change-their-mind-all-the-time and the consultants whose job security probably doesn’t depend enough of on-time delivery.

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