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Consider the different aspects of IT projects and respond to the following:
-Identify and describe the characteristics common to IT projects, that is, characteristics shared by a large majority of IT projects.
-Identify and describe the characteristics unique to IT projects, that is, characteristics not shared by projects in other areas.
-Explain which of these characteristics make for the success of a project.
-Explain which characteristics are likely to lead to difficulties and failure of a project.

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-Identify and describe the characteristics common to IT projects, that is, characteristics shared by a large majority of IT projects.

Characteristics that are common to IT projects are that these projects must first establish a start date and end date. This is because to appropriately manage costs, the organization must have parameters in place to ensure that cost overruns don't occur or time limits are not met. This is the main feature of project that it has a start date and end date. Next, most IT projects are created to achieve some results, In addition, IT projects will differ from day-to-day operations requiring ...

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