The Iron Law of Overruns: Why 49% of Projects Are Commercial Failures
Reclaiming ROI from the 45% budget overruns endemic in large IT projects.
Only 36% of UK organisations complete projects on time. Even worse, McKinsey-Oxford research shows that large IT projects run 45% over budget on average. If your PMO is reporting 'Green' while your margins are turning 'Red', you have a governance crisis, not a delivery problem.
Scope creep affects 52% of projects, according to Wellingtone’s 2026 state of project management report. This is a direct result of weak decision latency at the board level. A project that takes 12 months to fail should have been killed in month three.
We do not lead 'projects'. We lead ROI. Simplif-i restructures PMOs to focus on ruthless termination of zombie initiatives and the delivery of measurable commercial value.
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