The Standish Group International, Inc. or Standish Group is an independent international
IT research advisory firm founded in 1985, known from their reports about
information systems
An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, information storage, store, and information distribution, distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems a ...
implementation projects in the public and private sector. The firm focuses on mission-critical software applications, especially focussing on failures and possible improvements in IT projects. The Standish Group has reported on subjects such as software:
commercial,
free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
, and
open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized sof ...
; project management such as
critical chain project management
Critical chain project management (CCPM) is a method of planning and managing projects that emphasizes the resources (people, equipment, physical space) required to execute project tasks. It was developed by Eliyahu M. Goldratt. It differs fro ...
; projects such as
Confirm Project CONFIRM was an ambitious IT project supposed to create a single computer reservations system/global distribution system used by airline, rental car, and hotel companies. It is often used as a case study as an example of a major failure in project m ...
, etc.
Authors
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* Jim Crear
* Lee Gesmer
* Jim Johnson
* Jennifer Lynch
* Hans Mulder
* Theo Mulder
* Lou Vianna
References
External links
Standish Group website
Information technology companies of the United States
American companies established in 1985
Technology companies established in 1985
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