Introduction
What Is SoftwareProject Management?
In this book we focus on systems and IT projects that are primarily concerned with software development, evolution, and support. Software systems differ from building skyscrapers and automobiles, in that they do not require physical materials. It is a logical construction. Software systems have presented us with a surprising amount of project challenges.
Through the years, the Standish Group has been releasing, in their Chaos summary reports, relatively low success rates of software system and IT projects. In its 1995 report, the Standish Group estimated that 31% of the projects would fail and 53% would face cost overruns. This failure rate has improved through the years. However, in its 2009 ...
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