Abstract
Current literature on software project management indicates that the majority of software projects either are considered a failure or challenged. These projects are characterized by exceeding budget, exceeding time, and failing to meet customer expectations. The fact that most projects fail highlights the need for research regarding the factors that lead to software project success or failure. This paper presents a theoretical framework for software project success. Based on deep analysis of current literature on software success factors, a theoretical framework is formulating. The suggested framework shows factors that have to be carefully considered in order to achieve software project success. The factors included in the framework are dividing into four categories: organizational factors, technical factors, people factors, and culture factors. The suggested framework is new in the sense that it includes many factors that are not founding together in any of the previous similar frameworks.
Highlights
According to Jones [1], many organizations indicated that a number of their software projects failed; and between one and two thirds of software projects exceed their budget and time
Current literature on software project management indicates that the majority of software projects either are considered a failure or challenged
The fact that most projects fail highlights the need for research regarding the factors that lead to software project success or failure
Summary
According to Jones [1], many organizations indicated that a number of their software projects failed; and between one and two thirds of software projects exceed their budget and time. In a survey of 280,000 application projects in large, medium and small cross industry companies, the Standish group showed that about 23% of projects were cancelled before completion and 49% exceeded their budgets and time scales and had fewer features and functions than originally specified [3]. Another survey by Taylor [4] showed that out of 1027 software projects studied, only 130 projects (13%) were successful. After decades of research, systems development and implementation projects remain notoriously hard to mange and many continue to end in failure [7]
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