Survey reveals IT is secret behind UK business success

Recent survey finds that good IT was instrumental to businesses achieving the 7 identified attributes of successful businesses.

A recent report carried out by Henley Management College, and sponsored by Hewlett Packard, identified 7 key attributes of successful companies, including staying focussed and having big ideas. It was shown that all 7 of the attributes were supported in some way by IT.

The survey found that IT helped companies achieve their goals and remain innovative, among other key success factors.

Richard Wright, HP’s vice president personal systems group for the UK and Ireland said, “IT is the hidden eighth. It is key to business and helps enable the rest of the habits.”

Derrick Cameron from business IT specialist Eximium comments “IT can be a great asset to a company but it can also be its worst enemy. The key to great IT, and clearly to business success, is to make sure that your IT delivers what your business needs from it and not just what it can manage with.”

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Research shows poor planning is cause of IT failures

New research shows that planning is the most important factor behind successful IT projects.
Poor system specifications in the design and preparation stages of IT projects are the reason that more that 66% of new initiatives fail. The lack of clear and properly planned technical and business requirements combined with poor design criteria and descriptions are derailing 2 out of 3 IT projects.

Research conducted by Coleman Parkes for vendor Avanade says inadequate business understanding, badly thought out selection and lack of funds also contribute to the problems.
“Businesses tend to blame the IT team when an IT project fails. But this research shows that often it goes back to the old saying – when you fail to plan you plan to fail. In this case, technical staff are being blamed for a lack of focus on essential planning tasks needed by senior business management. It is important that business management take ownership and get more ‘hands-on’ with the IT team, to ensure that they are going to get what the business needs from the project” says Eximium’s Technical Director, Derrick Cameron.

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