 SUFFI: success and failure factors in ICT projects with Dutch case studies as examplesA.J. Van Dijk, A.S. White and R.A. Comley International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2013, vol. 5, issue 3, 239-264 Abstract: The low success rate of software projects in terms of reliability, meeting due dates and budgets is widely recognised. This paper devises a set of most important factors (MIFs) vital to project success, of such importance that if they are not implemented then successful project completion is in doubt. Work by other authors is used to assess the relevant contributions to success and failure with new factors devised from systems dynamics. From this analysis a SUFFI chart (SUFFI = success and failure factors in ICT projects) of 139 factors has been developed and evaluated against a portfolio of nine projects and four project audits, where the first author participated showing agreement between important SUFFI factors and project success. This work shows that for a successful project four of the five MIFs have to be absent. Projects with a smaller number of the MIFs present can still fail if the minor SUFFIs have sufficient impact. Keywords: success factors; failure factors; SUFFI; ICT projects; software project dynamics; software project management; software audits; The Netherlands; information and communications technology; information technology; reliability; due dates; budgets; project success; project failure. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:5:y:2013:i:3:p:239-264 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Project Organisation and Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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