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    Assessment of causes of delay in IT projects: the case of Ethio telecom A Research Project Commerce in Partial F Project Management
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-06-11) Abrham, Elithabeth; Markos, Solomon(Assist. Professor, PhD)
    In the 21st century, technology is an extremely important aspect of every individual and organization in the western world. Yet, third-world countries struggle to incorporate technology in their policy and culture. As a developing country, Ethiopia needs to be able to introduce new IT projects to society so that the country can assimilate with the world. When managing IT projects, many challenges occur. Delay in IT projects plays a major part in these challenges. This research work entails what the causes of delay in IT projects are. The objective of the paper was therefore, to determine the causes linked to Ethio Telecom's production and the delay in their IT projects. One hundred sixty four questionnaires were distributed to the employees, to test hypothesis and the data was finally analyzed using SPSS to generate findings for the research. The major findings showed that Expansion of functionality, overly optimistic schedules, and Tension between customers and developers are the main reasons for a delay in IT projects. The study gave a recommendation to Ethio telecom and other similar organizations to deeply focus on these three reasons, and also a detailed recommendation is forwarded for the causation