# Software Failures and IT Management's Repeated Mistakes - IEEE Spectrum

<https://spectrum.ieee.org/it-management-software-failures>

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## What Jamie wrote

Large-scale software transitions are incredibly hard and don't seem to be getting easier. There is a big component of [Gall's Law](https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/11/16/galls-law.html) here. I would also highlight that no large-scale software transition is just a technology effort — they are all human change efforts as well and that is complicated.

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