What factors lead to software project failure?

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 71-79

  Verner, June ^a   Sampson, Jennifer ^a   Cerpa, Narciso ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Failure factors; Project risk; Software project failure; Software project management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

FAILURE FACTORS; LITTLE RESEARCHES; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PROJECT FAILURES; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT RISK; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE PROJECT FAILURE; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PROJECTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57349139606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RCIS.2008.4632095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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