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Critical success factors in software projects
Abstract
Software projects are still late, over budget, and unpredictable. Sometimes the entire project fails before ever delivering an application. The article presents a clear, commonsense review of fundamental project management techniques which reminds us that we still have a long way to go. It presents five essential factors to managing a successful software project: (1) start on the right foot; (2) maintain momentum; (3) track progress; (4) make smart decisions; (5) institutionalize post-mortem analyses.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Reel, J. S.
- Venue
- IEEE Software
- Published
- 1999
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 18-23
- ISSN
- 0740-7459 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2045345036
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 15.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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