The trend in the world of Information Technology
(IT) is getting increasingly large and difficult projects rather than
smaller and easier. However, the data on large-scale IT project
success rates provide cause for concern. This paper seeks to answer
why large-scale IT projects are different from and more difficult than
other typical engineering projects. Drawing on the industrial
experience, a compilation of the conditions that influence failure is
presented. With a view to improve success rates solutions are
suggested.
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The Standish Group, 1996.
[1] Brooks, F. P., The Myhical Man Month, Addison Wesley1995.
[2] Standish Group, Chaos, 1995
[3] Sauer, C. and Cuthbertson, C., The State of IT Project Management in
the U.K., Oxford, 2003.
[4] Darren, D. And Genus, A., Avoiding IS/IT Implementation Failure,
TASM, vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 403-407, 2003.
[5] Glass, R. "IS Field: Stress Up, Satisfaction Down," Software
Practitioner, 1994.
[6] Soyers, D., The Mind of the Maker, Harper San Francisco
[7] Hoch, D. J., Secrets of Software Success, Harvard Press, 2000.
[8] Cobb, M., Unfinished Voyages, A Follow-up to the CHAOS Report,
The Standish Group, 1996.
@article{"International Journal of Business, Human and Social Sciences:59853", author = "Ahmet Denker", title = "The Challenge of Large-Scale IT Projects", abstract = "The trend in the world of Information Technology
(IT) is getting increasingly large and difficult projects rather than
smaller and easier. However, the data on large-scale IT project
success rates provide cause for concern. This paper seeks to answer
why large-scale IT projects are different from and more difficult than
other typical engineering projects. Drawing on the industrial
experience, a compilation of the conditions that influence failure is
presented. With a view to improve success rates solutions are
suggested.", keywords = "Software engineering, software economics, project
management, large-scale projects.", volume = "1", number = "9", pages = "478-4", }