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<LI><B>Why ?</B>
<LI> Many large organisations do not have an agreed Strategy for Enterprise Data Management.
<LI>This often means that Projects are implemented in a vacuum without any reference to a Framework to integrate related acivities and developments.
  
<LI>30% of all Projects fail because there are no links between Projects and Strategy.

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<LI>Here are three typical references that provide useful background :-
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B><A HREF="http://www.bcs.org/" TARGET=_NEW>The British Computer Society</A></B> reported in 
<A HREF="http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.19584" TARGET=_NEW>“A Study in Project Failure"</A> 
 that <BR>Project failure cost about $200 or £122 billion. <!--- in 2004 --->

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<LI><B><A HREF="http://www.silicon.com/" TARGET=_NEW>Silicon.com</A></B> reported that less than 20 percent of companies had an IT Strategy.

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<LI><B><A HREF="http://www.ogc.gov.uk/" TARGET=_NEW>UK Office of Government Commerce</A></B> reported on the 
<A HREF="http://www.ogc.gov.uk/documents/cp0015.pdf" TARGET=_NEW>“Common Causes of Project Failure”</A>.
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