Make Your Plan and Stick to It: The Importance of Adherence to Planning and Process Efficiency in the Success Story of a Software Project
Published: 2013
Author(s) Name: Nidhi Natrajan, Tuhin Chattopadhyay |
Author(s) Affiliation: Dr. Nidhi is employed at Galgotia Univ.; Prof. Tuhin is working with Fortune Institute, Delhi, India
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Abstract
Software projects are becoming more
and more complex, dynamic in the current global
scenario and consequently understanding the factors
which affect the success of such complex projects
become critical. Lot of research work has been done in
this area, and high failure rate of software projects was
reported. Proper planning and effective development
processare the factors considered for this study; this
study tries to understand the impact of planning and
processon the software project success. Project planning and
process is measured through 8 items. An e-mail questionnaire
was used to gather the data. Questionnaire
measured all items on seven point likert scale, and
bi-variate regression was applied to find the impact of
planning and process on software project success. Project planning and process adapted in
a software project has impact on the success of the
software project. 77.5% of the variation of Software
Project Success is explained by planning and process.
Keywords: Software Project Success, Planning and process, IT Professionals
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