插图许多软件项目都失败了。
为什么这个项目会失败呢？
Sometimes, software development projects fail.
有时候，软件开发项目会失败。
As for risk, think for a minute about why projects fail.
至于风险，请考虑一会儿项目为什么会失败。
Wonderful projects fail everyday because of a wrong initial question.
每天都有优秀的项目失败，这是由于一开始的错误问题导致的。
Few projects fail in an absolute sense — they simply fail to meet individual expectations.
很少项目是完全意义上的失败——它们只是没有达到个别的期望。
All too many projects fail because they begin without a clear idea of where they're going.
有太多项目失败就是因为它们没有明确的目标就开始了。
According to objective analysis, 48% of projects fail because of bad planning and estimating.
根据客观的分析，48%的失败项目都是因为计划和评估不当造成的。
So many projects fail that, I believe, most managers would gladly pay for an average application.
有了这么多失败的项目作为前车之鉴，我相信，还不错的应用就足以令大多数管理层甘心掏腰包了。
Many projects fail because of scope creep, and the project manager needs to be diligent in guarding against it.
许多项目失败的原因正是因为需求渐变，而项目经理需要勤快些，对此加以防范。
The worst part is that well-meaning, hard-working, brilliant people see a significant number of their projects fail.
最糟糕的是拥有满腔热情、努力工作的优秀人员看到他们大量的项目都失败了。
A huge percent of projects fail every year, far more than 50% if I'm not wrong, and that is caused by poor management.
每年都有大量的项目失败，如果我没弄错的话，比例超过50%，这是管理不善的结果。
Due to the bidding itself influenced by many aspects, there are a lot of risk, which leads to many projects fail.
由于招投标本身受到很多方面的影响，也存在很多的风险，导致不少工程项目失败。
SOA projects fail when organizations try to bite off too much to start, and when they don't have an architectural vision.
当组织试图一口吃成个大胖子而其自身又没有一个全局架构的视野的话，SOA项目就容易失败。
Indeed, poorly defined or inadequately communicated requirements are among the most common reasons why GDD projects fail.
确实，不良的定义和不充分的需求沟通是导致GDD项目失败的最常见原因之一。
Studies show that five out of six projects fail: delivered far over the expected budget, significantly late, or are canceled.
研究表明每六个项目中就有五个会不成功：交付远远超过预期预算、严重滞后或被取消。
Some projects fail to recognize this difference and never recover (just try to deploy a J2EE server at a mom-and-pop startup).
一些项目没有意识到这种差异，也从来没有试图修正（只要试试在仅供家庭使用的机器上部署J2EE服务器就知道了）。
I believe that too many DW projects fail because of the false confidence provided by detailed models created early in the project.
我相信太多的DW项目失败，是因为在项目早期所生成的详细模型所提供的错误自信。
I'm not convinced that SOA projects fail any more than other software projects of their size, but I haven't looked at the Numbers.
我相信SOA项目在规模上不输给任何其他的软件项目，当然，我并没有具体去查这个数字。
And when those SOA projects fail to deliver as promised, do they blame their own efforts, the products they used, or their methods?
当那些SOA项目没有按期交付，他们会谴责自己的努力、他们所用的产品、或他们的方法吗？
What we have noticed is that most projects fail to account for this important part of the portal solution when it counts the most — at the very beginning of the project.
我们已经注意到，大多数项目未能考虑门户解决方案的这一重要方面，而在项目启动之后，这是最重要的。
The reason so many IT projects fail to deliver the expected benefits is because they do not take into account whether or not people can use the system that has been developed.
之所以如此多的IT项目无法达到预期的成功，是因为开发团队没有考虑是否用户能很好的使用他们开发的系统。
You would then wait and hope for the best, since over 50% of all projects fail and those that succeed deliver products in which 65% of the functionality is rarely or never used.
剩下你做的就是等待和期望，但是实际情况是超过50%的项目最终会失败，而即使是那些所谓成功的项目中也有超过65%的功能根本不是客户想要的。
Projects that do not employ those three things might not fail but they certainly won't have predictable release timing or steadily improving quality.
没有采用这三项实践的项目不见得会失败，但它们肯定不会有可以预测的发布时间或稳定的质量改进。
All SOA practitioners, whether or not vendor based, will have in depth analyses of why their projects succeed or fail, but have good reasons to not disclose them.
所有的SOA执行者，不管是否基于提供商，都会深入分析他们的项目为什么成功或失败，但是出于某些原因又不能暴露这些信息。
After all, most IT projects still fail, which is a sad but undeniable fact.
毕竟，大多数IT项目仍然在失败，这让人很沮丧，却是不可争辩的事实。
The reason is that many projects embarking on SOA fail because they get caught up in the implementation details before they have a good model for defining services in the first place.
其原因在于，许多进行SOA 的项目之所以失败，是因为它们没有首先建立定义服务的良好模型就开始着手实现细节。
The reason is that many projects embarking on SOA fail because they get caught up in the implementation details before they have a good model for defining services in the first place.
其原因在于，许多进行SOA 的项目之所以失败，是因为它们没有首先建立定义服务的良好模型就开始着手实现细节。
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