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# Krigsman's Qantas Predictions
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/krigsmans-qantas-predictions/
- Published: 2008-03-01T04:54:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T10:13:42.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, projects, project failure, failure, qantas

[Qantas Airways: a perfect storm for IT failure? - ZDNETQantas, the Australian national airline, has endured two high-profile IT failures in recent years and a third major project appears to be at substantial risk. In many respects, the company offers a case study for examining how underlying management issues can cause multiple IT projects to go bad.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/73/9e/739e1c52-4372-4113-9798-c15339da44db/content/images/icon/cropped-ZDNET-512Yellow-88776088-16e9-4e34-97bf-71f228fc0c17.png)ZDNETMichael Krigsman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/73/9e/739e1c52-4372-4113-9798-c15339da44db/content/images/thumbnail/zd-defaultimage-blog_8f53d9-e03028ce-b1c6-4eef-800c-822838fb5936.jpg)](https://www.zdnet.com/article/qantas-airways-a-perfect-storm-for-it-failure/?ref=katecarruthers.com)

It will be interesting to see if Michael's predictions for IT failures at Qantas are on the mark. Watch this space ...  
  
[Qantas Airways: a perfect storm for IT failure?](https://www.zdnet.com/article/qantas-airways-a-perfect-storm-for-it-failure/?ref=katecarruthers.com) by [ZDNet](http://zdnet.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com)'s Michael Krigsman -- Qantas, the Australian national airline, has endured two high-profile IT failures in recent years and a third major project appears to be at substantial risk. In many respects, the company offers a case study for examining how underlying management issues can cause multiple IT projects to go bad. Project eQ. In late 1995, Qantas canceled its \[[ ...](http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=614&ref=katecarruthers.com)\]

"Qantas, the Australian national airline, has endured two high-profile IT failures in recent years and a third major project appears to be at substantial risk. In many respects, the company offers a case study for examining how underlying management issues can cause multiple IT projects to go bad."