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Project Failures: The Human Factor by Umar Ashraf is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes findings from analyzing 500 software project case histories. It finds that 15% of projects failed, and 25% of large projects failed. No project failures were due to technical reasons alone - the primary causes were sociological factors like communication problems, staffing issues, and politics. While managers see people issues as more problematic than technical ones, they focus more on technical tasks. The document stresses that software development is fundamentally a human and socia
- Author
- Umar Ashraf
- Language
- EN