Project Design The period between the 1970's and 1980's was a time of great advancement in computer hardware technology. Technology took many industries still in their infancy to a level of much sophistication. Ultimately, technology revolutionized the information storage and processing needs of industry and of the entire world. However, it was also during this period when the shortcomings of implementing such technology became apparent. A significant number of development projects failed, which resulted in …showed first 75 words of 2783 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2783 total…waterfall method but more iterative and risk driven like Boehm's spiral model due to the rapid changes in IT, they should be more evolution driven like prototyping rather than constructional. Planning methodologies should have structural elements such as Yourdon but should consider the users perspective such as the soft methodologies of ETHICS. In summary, Risks and planning are essential in IT projects today and should be carefully adapted for organizations to gain the most benefits.