Identifying management errors that lead to failure in it projects and recommendations for project managers

Information technology (IT) projects bring significant benefits to organizations if they are successful, but some IT projects face setbacks before or after delivery and fail. IT projects can fail for many reasons. This study reveals that most IT projects fail due to various reasons, including mismanagement of projects by IT project managers, lack of customers' knowledge of technical details, and lack of communication between the project owner and the project team. This study presents a literature review on the causes of failure in IT projects by examining online resources, which are scientifically accepted databases such as ProQuest and EBSCOhost, at the first stage. Afterward, a survey was conducted for people working in the IT sector to reveal the reasons for the failure of IT projects. This survey also tried to determine the management mistakes of IT project managers in their IT projects and other factors that lead them to failure. Finally, it was tried to make suggestions to the project managers to carry out their IT projects with minimum failure by identifying the issues that caused the failure of the IT projects and the management errors.