No wonder
It is no wonder that they found this: 70% of organizations just don't have the organizational maturity to produce successful projects.
First of all, the report is a marketing tool. They need something that scares people. Well, with research you will get what you are looking for.
The first question that came up with me is: what do they mean with 'Good Requirements Management(RM)'. In the first part they say nothing about it, they only hint that 'Good RM' is RM as they (the sponsor of the report) teach it in their trainings. In the second and third part they suggest quite generic guidelines. But, I guess they really mean that you have to buy their consulting and training.
How did they sample the organizations? They are not clear about it, but with a bit of irony you may think they provided their own customers to the research team...
Another question is how do these findings relate to organizational maturity? You know CMMI and so? Again they leave it vague, but there are some remarks that make you think. For example:
"Only companies that focus on both the process and the deliverables are consistently successful at changing project success rates." Sounds like level 3 to me.
"...since companies do not collapse as a result of poor quality analysis. In fact, IT organizations and stakeholders involved will overcompensate through heroic actions to deliver solid and satisfactory results." Sounds like on the border of level 1 and level 2 (falling back to heroism if processes fail).
How many companies in the world are really level 3 and above? I can't find the data, but found at SEI that of appraised companies (if you want your organization appraised you will target level 3) 20% of companies don't really make it to level 3 at another place I found that in 2000 there was only 1 of a sample of 60 companies that made it to level 5. Given that most companies don't even try to be at any CMMI level, given the examples in other replies here, and given that in surveys you can make your company shine better than it really is, I think 68% is a low number for the complete population.
I think that requirements management will only have an effect if the organization as a whole wants to achieve defined (level 3) or better processes. If projects fail it is not only because of requirements management, the organization as a whole fails. And companies who want to go up a level are more likely to hire a company like the company that ordered the research for the report. If you address only requirements management thinking that that will help, I am sure your organization will not achieve its goals and fall in the 68% whether you hired the maker of the report or not.
