Critical success factors for software projects: A comparative study

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...

Critical Success Factors in Software Projects

Critical Success Factors in Agile Software Development Projects: A Review

Business activities are rapidly changing now a days and there are increasingly complex requirements set on programming solutions. That puts traditional software development methods also called heavyweight behind and leads to the need for different approaches. Modern approach is called agile or lightweight. Dissertation will described the characteristics of some traditional and agile methodologi...

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...

How the PMBOK Addresses Critical Success Factors for Software Projects: A Multi-round Delphi Study

A four-round Delphi was conducted to determine the degree to which the PMBOK can address the identified critical success factors for software projects. Our findings show that the PMBOK provides a very effective framework for addressing only one critical success factor. Thirteen factors are addressed to a very good degree, five to a good degree, four to a fair degree and two are addressed to a l...