Causes of Software/Information Technology Project Failures In Nigerian Software Development Organizations
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چکیده
Managing the software development process has become one of the major areas for research especially in today’s information driven economy. A literature search shows that most software development projects are considered as partial failures due to technical and nontechnical factors. There is however dearth of information on studies of the state of software development in Nigeria which forms the focus of this paper. Using descriptive research methods, an introspective assessment of 20 randomly selected software development organizations in Nigeria was performed. The findings show that most software development organizations do not adopt structured software development methodologies. Other factors contributing to failures/chaos in software development in Nigeria are also reported.
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