Why Do So Many Software Projects Fail?

Why do so many software projects fail? Phil Comelio 25 th November 2008  Comelio Consulting Ltd. 2008

About Phil Comelio ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Introduction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Statistic of Failure: The Standish Report

What is “Success”? Your thoughts….

According to Standish ,[object Object],[object Object]

What is “Challenged”? Your thoughts….

Some Ideas of Challenged ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

According to Standish ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is “Failure”? Your thoughts….

Some ideas of Failure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

According to Phil Comelio ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Worst Example ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

So why is software project failure so common?

Nobody Wanted It In The First Place.

You Can't Get There From Here ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Business Case ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Nobody Really Cares About the Project ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Nobody Knew What It Was Supposed To Do.

What are we supposed to be delivering anyway?

What are we supposed to be delivering anyway? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Types of Requirements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What are we supposed to be delivering anyway? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

It Used Bleeding Edge Technology

Chasing the Next Shiny Thing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Chasing the Next Shiny Thing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What Is Software Quality? Your thoughts……

Quality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Cost of Quality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Defect Count Acceptance Criteria COTS component with 20 lines of bespoke code Bespoke component with 100k+ lines of bespoke code High Medium Low 0 10 20 0 10 20

Some Measures of Quality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Did the customer get what was asked for?

But that’s how we’ve always done things around here! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But that’s how we’ve always done things around here! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Who’s going to pay for all this? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Plans and Reality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Plans and Reality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Estimates for planning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Risks & Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Ostrich Approach to Risk Management ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Knee-Jerk Approach to Issue Management

Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Beware the Creeping Feature Creature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What Do Uncontrolled Changes Do To a Project? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

So why allow change at all? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Fear of Failure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Fear of Success ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why do so many software projects fail? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Standish Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Further Reading ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why Do So Many Software Projects Fail?

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