[teampractices] IT projects almost as prone to overruns as the Olympics

[Joel Aufrecht]

>
> The Olympic Games average 156 percent cost overruns, outdistancing all
> other types of megaprojects. For comparison, road projects average overruns
> of 20 percent; bridges and tunnels 34 percent; energy projects 36 percent;
> rail projects 45 percent; dams 90 percent and IT projects 107 percent.
>

(according to The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the
Game <http://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.04484v1.pdf>)

(source
<http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hosting-the-olympics-is-a-terrible-investment/>
)



*-- Joel Aufrecht*
Team Practices Group
Wikimedia Foundation
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