19% of projects will be cancelled before they ever get completed.
46% of projects will cost time and budget overruns.
35% of projects are completed on-time and on-budget.
These are some pretty alarming statistics (from the Chaos Report 2006). Although they related to software projects, I've little doubt the numbers are similar for content management projects if not worse. Basically, this means that two-thirds of projects will get into serious trouble. And the majority of that will NOT be for technical reasons; the majority of problems on projects are people related, whether that's poor requirements gathering, poor communication, poor choice of staff, poor management, or just plain ignorance.
If you are considering your first eZ publish project, it's a new technology in the emerging field of content management where there is little to guide you. How is this likely to affect your chances for success?
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