How often do you regret IT purchases (whether the final decision was yours or not)?
Almost always10%
Often36%
Sometimes35%
Rarely17%
Never
183 PARTICIPANTS
Almost always10%
Often36%
Sometimes35%
Rarely17%
Never
Developers17%
Infrastructure / Cloud Architects18%
Engineering17%
Security15%
CIO / Leadership17%
Data Science / Analytics7%
Service Desk / User Support2%
Strategy / Innovation Dept2%
Networking
Other (comment)1%
No selling.
No recruiting.
No self promotion.
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Ideally a regret situation appears when decisions are made without 100% understanding about the statement of requirement.