TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Your Odds for Software Project Success
AU - Sauter, Vicki L.
AU - Frese, Robert
N1 - Everyone would prefer that projects not fail, but they fail regularly. Cobb (1996) claims that "[w]e know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their f
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Everyone would prefer that projects not fail, but they fail regularly. Cobb (1996) claims that "[w]e know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure, so why do they still fail?" This paper reviews both the literature and the practice of project management, and finds that there are tools and methodologies that have been identified to mitigate problematic projects. In the end, however, regardless of methodology, the answer to project failure continues to be good, honest communication.
AB - Everyone would prefer that projects not fail, but they fail regularly. Cobb (1996) claims that "[w]e know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure, so why do they still fail?" This paper reviews both the literature and the practice of project management, and finds that there are tools and methodologies that have been identified to mitigate problematic projects. In the end, however, regardless of methodology, the answer to project failure continues to be good, honest communication.
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6966952?arnumber=6966952&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND(p_IS_Number:6966932)=
U2 - 10.1109/EMR.2014.6966952
DO - 10.1109/EMR.2014.6966952
M3 - Article
VL - 42
JO - IEEE Engineering Management Review
JF - IEEE Engineering Management Review
ER -