IT projects went over budget 40.86% of the time in a cross-industry sample, one of the lowest overrun frequencies among 23 project types.

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"IT projects went over budget 40.86% of the time in a cross-industry sample, one of the lowest overrun frequencies among 23 project types."

The study reports a 40.86% cost-overrun frequency for IT and explicitly identifies it as one of the lowest frequencies among the project types studied.

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Source title The Uniqueness of IT Cost Risk: A Cross-Group Comparison of 23 Project Types

Source authors Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, Jon Aaen, Mark Keil, Mariagrazia Zottoli

Source year 2025

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