{"id":5261,"date":"2015-03-10T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2015-02-03T08:14:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T16:14:04","slug":"big-data-moving-beyond-the-setbacks-of-early-implementation-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/big-data-moving-beyond-the-setbacks-of-early-implementation-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data: Moving Beyond the Setbacks of Early Implementation Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big data projects are on the rise, but unfortunately many big data projects to date haven&#8217;t been successful. \u00a0A <a title=\"Survey by CapGemini\" href=\"http:\/\/www.capgemini-consulting.com\/resource-file-access\/resource\/pdf\/cracking_the_data_conundrum-big_data_pov_13-1-15_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">survey by\u00a0CapGemini<\/a>&#8216;s found that only 13 percent of organizations have been able to build big data into a project that&#8217;s gone into production and only 27 percent of businesses using big data say that their projects have been successful.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason for the big data project failures has been ill-defined goals and objectives and a lack of up-front implementation planning, according to the CapGemini report. <a title=\"Jeff Hunter bio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/jeff-hunter\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Jeff Hunter<\/a>, vice president of North America CapGemini, <a title=\"CapGemini on Failed Big Data projects\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/big-data\/big-data-analytics\/big-data-success-remains-elusive-study\/d\/d-id\/1318891\" target=\"_blank\">said that<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;generally, it&#8217;s a disconnect between the output and a clearly defined business driver or goal. \u00a0And along the way, people get engulfed in the technology&#8230; The firms that we see succeed [have] centralized the concept of consumption of big data technology, leverage of data science, and application of analytics. They\u2019re the ones we see moving faster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite the problems with early implementations of a relatively new technology, there&#8217;s room for optimism. \u00a0Hunter <a title=\"Forbes on CapGemini\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/howardbaldwin\/2015\/01\/22\/when-big-data-projects-go-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\">said that<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;I\u2019m seeing the same cycle beginning as with the Internet and e-commerce. In the entirety of the community, a few companies create success. Those who have embraced big data, even those who have experienced setbacks and failures, [are gaining experience]. They\u2019re seeing that data-driven decision-making has its place in how you run a business. 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