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6. Factors in the Success of Projects
Figure 2
Having already concisely reviewed four of the factors in the success of a biometric project,
that while they are not the only ones, they are indeed normally those that have most altered
the solution to be developed, let’s reemphasize the necessity that they form an integral part of
planning stage, seeing as some times lack of awareness, political necessity or simply ignorance
results in them being denied the sufficient degree of analysis and time, then going on to become
the reasons that said projects end up becoming too large and we label them as “challenged.”
This label corresponds to project that were redesigned in their reach, objectives, specifications
or any other element that altered the initial conception and that at the end they were able
to finish. If we review the studies performed by the Standish Group in the United States
(Standish 2001) and by Oxford University in the U.K. 22 (figure 2), almost fifty percent (50%) of
projects fall under the category “challenged,” while sixteen percent (16%) are successful, and
the rest failed.
Another report that also discusses the factors that the affect the performance of ICT
projects in governments was done by Alejandro Barros, where causes such as the adoption of
development or planning methodologies that had not been tried or with little experience were
admitted 22 .Translated into the terms we’ve come about defining in this chapter, these would
be, for example; that the devices do not carry any international certification, not working under
international standards, norms or best practices. Argentina, for example, is on its way towards
implementing things in the Biometrics field, making it desirable that the “National Program of
Standardization of Biometric Data and Forensic Biometrics” (commonly called bio.ar) 23 become
a reality, a task that is being coordinated by the National Office of Information Technology
21 http://www.alejandrobarros.com/media/users/1/50369/files/4363/Proyectos_TIC_GOV.pdf (pag. 4)
22 http://www.alejandrobarros.com/media/users/1/50369/files/4363/Proyectos_TIC_GOV.pdf (pag. 6)
23 http://www.biometria.gov.ar/media/14056/estandar_MININT_biometrico8.pdf
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