Core Factors for Software Projects Success

Critical Success Factors in Software Projects

CSFs for Offshore Software Projects Critical Success Factors for Managing Offshore Software Development Projects

Early experiences with offshore software development (OSD) have not been consistently positive. There have been abundant media reports of various companies whose offshore projects were not able to live up to expectations. It would appear that this can be traced back to insufficient project management by the offshore project partners. In this context, some research has been carried out on the cr...

Critical success factors for software projects: A comparative study

Although there have been studies completed on the critical success factors of software projects, these studies all have been specific to one particular country. There has been no comprehensive study reporting on different project sizes in various domains and in multiple countries. We present our extensive literature survey of critical success factors that impact software projects. Forty-three a...

Rethinking Success in Software Projects: Looking Beyond the Failure Factors

The notions of success and failure in software projects are confusing. Failure is often considered in the context of the iron triangle as the inability to meet time, cost, and performance constraints. While there is a consensus around the prevalence of project failure, new projects seem destined to repeat past mistakes. This chapter tries to advance the discussion by offering a new perspective ...

Multi-Dimensional Success Factors of Agile Software Development Projects

This paper focuses on providing a multi-dimensional view of success factors in agile software development projects. This paper starts by surveying the literature for the success factors of agile software development projects. Therefore, it surveys the success factors that were published in research papers, articles, and technical reports related to actual agile projects. For facilitating the un...