The purpose of project management and the SDLC is to increase successful software implementation. The article titled “IT Project Failure Rates: Facts and Reasons” makes it clear that a lot of projects still fail.

Identify an IT system development failure that occurred within  the last 2 years. Do not repeat an example from earlier in the course or  one that has been posted by another student.
In your initial post this week, analyze which project management  concepts were not respected by the project managers and where in the  SDLC these lapses occurred.
Describe how you might have spoken up had you been on the steering committee.