Nidhi S. Natrajan |
Assistant Professor, Galgotias Business School, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abstract
Software projects are becoming more complex
and dynamic in the current global scenario, and
consequently understanding the factors which affect
the success of such complex projects becomes critical.
Lot of research work has been done in this area, and
high failure rate of software projects was reported.
This study tries to understand the impact of various
factors like process guidance by the tool, integration
of task and information, work flow, transparency of
information, and visualization of analyzed information
on the success of the software project.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The success of the
project, work flow, transparency of information, process
guidance by the tool, visualizations of analyzed
information and integration of task and information
are measured through 30 items. The questionnaire
measured all items on seven point Likert scale, and
multiple regression was applied to find the impact of
process guidance by the tool, integration of task and
information, work flow, transparency of information,
visualization of analyzed information on success of the
software project.
Findings: Process guidance by the tool, integration
of task and information, work flow, transparency of
information, visualization of analyzed information of
the project management software used in a software
project have impact on the success of the software
project. The study further establishes that process
guidance by the tool has highest impact, integration
of task and information has second highest impact,
work flow has third highest impact, transparency of
information has fourth highest impact and visualization
of analyzed information has the least impact on the
success of the software project. All these five factors
explain 83.9% of the variation of success of the
software project.
Research Limitations/Implications: The data were
collected from 150 respondents and the size of data
can be increased for better result. Process guidance by the tool, integration of task and information, work flow,
transparency of information, visualization of analyzed
information, with respect to project management tool
are only some of the factors considered in the paper to
understand the software project success; other factors
could also be combined to understand it in a better
way. It could be studied in other countries as well.
Practical Implications: The findings show the impact of
process guidance by the tool, integration of task and
information, work flow, transparency of information,
and visualization of analyzed information of a project
management software, on success of software project
which will help project managers in handling the
team in a better way, and management in providing
improved working situation for the software developers
and project managers for good results in the software
projects. They will also be guided for purchase
decision of project management software. Guidance
is not only provided to project managers but also
to vendors dealing in such tool, as to what factors
should be emphasized while developing such project
management tools.
Originality/Value: Lot of work has been done to
understand the factors affecting the success of
software projects, but only few studies have conducted
such study, with special reference to process guidance
by the tool, integration of task and information, work
flow, transparency of information, and visualization of
analyzed information, and that to in the Indian context.
Keywords: Software Project Success, Flow, Transparency, Process Guidance, Visualizations and Integration, Software Developers and Project Managers
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