Date of Conferral
10-22-2025
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Management
Advisor
Christopher Beehner
Abstract
As a result of inadequate forecasting methods, Information Technology leaders experience inconsistent project flow and increased project failure. IT leaders who cannot predict project failure trends to better forecast and improve project management flow risk project failure and financial loss. Grounded in Porter’s five forces model, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies that some IT leaders use to predict project failures to better forecast project failures to improve project management flow and reduce expenditures. The participants were six senior-level IT professionals who successfully predicted project failures to better forecast project failures to improve project management flow and reduce expenditures. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and review of publicly available documents about project forecasting strategies. Using thematic analysis, three themes emerged: a clear communication process, employees cross-organizational collaboration and not in silos, and a top-down leadership approach. A key recommendation is for IT organizations to have a clear communication process and allow project employees to work across the organization and not in silos while working on project teams. The implications for positive social change include employers being able to invest in business expansion efforts, which can increase employment within the community and reduce reliance on government assistance.
Recommended Citation
Taber, Allen Jeffrey, "Effective Strategies IT Leaders Use to Predict Project Failure Trends to Forecast Project Management Flow" (2025). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 18551.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/18551
