Academia
Rife with extensive case studies, real-world examples, and practical insights, Why New SystemsFail is ideal for the classroom. Specific programs that would find the content valuable include:
- MBA
- MIS
- Human Resources
- Organizational Behavior
- Computer Science
- Accounting and Finance.
“This is a well thought out, well constructed, and well written book on a subject that has many facets. Simon’s perspective is a more humanistic and practical one than the many more “academic texts” on project management on the market. Simon does a nice job of weaving his own real world experiences and those of others to illustrate his points.
I’d recommend this book to current and aspiring project managers who need to calibrate their own experience with the experience of others. The book would also make a very nice supplemental text for a course in IT or business project management, where it nicely supplements the more rigorous treatments involving theories and appropriate metrics.”

