The risks of major IT projects analysed in first IBM Lecture
Posted on 25 February 2010
Major IT failures can prove costly and hugely damaging to the reputation of both public and private sector organisations.IBM Fellow Maurice Perks has almost 40 years of experience of working with complex IT projects and is recognised as a world authority in this field.
The relationship between the University and IBM is bringing new opportunities.
Dr Andy Jackson
In the first IBM Lecture at the University, on Tuesday 2 March, he will examine why large IT projects can have a high risk of failure and identify recurring themes found in systems that do go wrong.
The establishment of the IBM Lecture follows the University’s joining of IBM UK’s University Relations Program last year.
In addition to giving guest lectures, the partnership will see IBM experts working as visiting professors and supporting curriculum development.
Dr Andy Jackson, Head of Business Development in the University’s Research and Enterprise Office, said: “The first IBM Lecture is an exciting step in the continuing development of the relationship between the University and IBM that is bringing new opportunities in terms of teaching, research and enterprise.”
As an IBM fellow, Maurice Perks is one of just 67 worldwide holding an executive position reserved for the company's top scientists and engineers. He is also a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, a world-wide peer group comprising the company's top 300 world-wide researchers and technologists.
The lecture “The sins of IT projects and why they fail (sometimes)” will start at 6.30pm in room P/L001 in the Department of Physics. Admission is free and open to all.
Notes to editors:
- The Research and Enterprise Office at the University of York works closely with companies and the public sector. It creates new opportunities for research partnerships, spinning out new companies from University research, licensing intellectual property and building a growing enterprise culture with students.
- The Department of Computer Science is one of the leading Computer Science departments in the UK for teaching and research. In summer 2010 it will move to a purpose-built, state-of-the-art new Computer Science building on the University's Heslington East campus expansion.
- Find out more about the University’s participation in IBM UK’s University Relations Program at http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2009/ibm-link/.
- The University hosts a series of public lectures covering a wide variety of subjects every year. A complete list is available at www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/.
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