First published in 2006, this classic report delves into the traditional wisdom outlined in "100 Things You Should Know to Be a Successful Project Leader." "My Life is Failure" summarizes over two decades of research on project failure. Since 1985, The Standish Group has collected case information from real-life IT environments and software development projects. Their cumulative research spans 20 years, encompassing data from over 50,000 completed IT projects to analyze why projects succeed or fail. Notably, 17 charts have been updated with 2015/2016 CHAOS data.