Why Projects Fail From A Technical and Process Viewpoint

There was an interesting article in SDtimes 

The article claims that “Most cases of failure that I have seen have been in two categories: imagination and process,” quoting Grady Booch, chief scientist of software engineering at IBM Research. These include:

• Requirements failures
• Failure to verify/validate requirements
• Failure to adhere to architecture
• Lack of risk management
• Lack of lessons learned
• Communication breakdown

The article has some examples of faulty requirements such as the Pennsylvania man who could not obtain driver’s license because the computer had classified him as dead and there was no way to correct that.

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One Response to “Why Projects Fail From A Technical and Process Viewpoint”

1. Aruna on November 16th, 2009 1:30 am

   Lack of good design could also be one of the reasons why projects fail
   Visit http://technologyandleadership.com/project-estimation/ for the article on this

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