Critical success factors for software projects: a comparative study

Although there have been studies completed on the critical success factors of software projects, these studies all have been specific to one particular country. There has been no comprehensive study reporting on different project sizes in various domains and in multiple countries. We present our extensive literature survey of critical success factors that impact software projects. Forty-three articles from the years 1990 to 2010 were found to be significant contributions that could be analysed in order to develop a list of critical factors that specifically affect the success of software projects. The method of content analysis and frequency analysis was adopted. Twenty-six critical success factors were found to be related to software project success. We suggest that organisation or project manager is attentive to control the top five critical factors to drive towards project success since the percentage of frequency of occurrences for each is more than 50%. Also, it appears that non-technical factors (94%) dominated over technical factors (6%). In a result unique to our study compared with previous one, we found that the factors of clear and frozen requirements, realistic estimation of the schedule and budget, along with a competent project manager are the five most critical success factors of software projects

The role of information technology on developing free zone markets

Information technology (IT) plays an important role on developing different markets. Today, people can easily purchase goods from different stores using varieties of IT based facilities such as POS, ATM, etc. These devices help customers literally carry significant amount of money without bothering about any possible threat. In this paper, we study the impact of IT on developing businesses located mainly on free zones or in the borders of countries. We have distributed 300 questionnaires consists of 35 questions among different people and build structural equations using 28 variables. The results are analyzed using LISREL software package and they are grouped in five different groups including management, social and cultural, organizational, technical and investment factors. Chi-square represents a relatively high value, which means the null hypothesis can be rejected when All t-student represent meaningful values when the significance level is five percent. The results indicate that all these factors influence IT development, significantly

Influences of the Input Factors towards Success of An Information System Project

This study examines the input factors that were reputed theoretically affecting the information system (IS) project success in term of the processional and causal perspectives. Adopting three of the four dimensions from the McLeod and MacDonell’s (M&M’s) classification project framework dimensions, the study is initiated by inviting the internal project stakeholders in a sampled institution. A stratified sampling then identified 130 people who experienced in the projects as the sample, contacted 90 of the samples via e-mail and  distributed the paper-based questionnaire into 40 certain people especially who are on the managerial level. A number of 62 (48%) valid responses, then were analyzed using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling  (PLS-SEM) software, i.e. SmartPLS. The significances of the whole path coefficients, the acceptances of the overall hypotheses, the relevances of the three predictors relevances, and the moderate coefficient determination of the IS project success variable may present acceptability of the proposed model for the subsequent studies

Influences of the input factors towards the success of an information system project

This study tried out three input factors which theoretically affect the success of information system (IS) project. These factors were adopted from the McLeod and MacDonell’s (M&M’s) project framework and then examined using survey toward the internal project stakeholder in a sampled institution. A stratified sampling was carried out based on the project experience ownership and then sent both online and paper-based questionnaires to 130 selected respondents. A number of 62 (48%) valid responses were analysed using a partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) software. The significances of path coefficients, the acceptances of hypotheses, the predictors relevances, and the moderate coefficient determination of the IS project’s success variable present the proposed model approval for the subsequent studies

The characteristics of successful military IT projects: a cross-country empirical study

In the armed forces, successful digitalization is crucial to ensure effective operations. Much of the existing literature on project factors during the planning and execution phases of public IT projects do not focus specifically on military sector projects. Therefore, the paper aims to provide empirical insights into the characteristics of successful military IT projects. Data from such projects in NATO countries and agencies were collected through interviews and project documents. The findings relating to the main variable of interest, “delivery of client benefit,” supported previous findings on IT project performance. Medium-sized projects performed better than small and large projects, and the agile development method delivered more client benefit than traditional methods. Client involvement apparently had a positive effect on project success. Clearly specified objectives had a statistically significant effect on project success in terms of clients’ benefits. The paper contributes to the gap in research on military IT projects and broadens the project management literature’s focus on time and cost to include delivery of client benefit as a success variable. The use of cross-country data provided unique insights for academics and practitioners regarding which project characteristics affect the successful development and adoption of new software by the armed forces

The Characteristics of Successful Military IT Projects: A Cross-country Empirical Study

In the armed forces, successful digitalization is crucial to ensure effective operations. Much of the existing literature on project factors during the planning and execution phases of public IT projects do not focus specifically on military sector projects. Therefore, the paper aims to provide empirical insights into the characteristics of successful military IT projects. Data from such projects in NATO countries and agencies were collected through interviews and project documents. The findings relating to the main variable of interest, “delivery of client benefit,” supported previous findings on IT project performance. Medium-sized projects performed better than small and large projects, and the agile development method delivered more client benefit than traditional methods. Client involvement apparently had a positive effect on project success. Clearly specified objectives had a statistically significant effect on project success in terms of clients’ benefits. The paper contributes to the gap in research on military IT projects and broadens the project management literature’s focus on time and cost to include delivery of client benefit as a success variable. The use of cross-country data provided unique insights for academics and practitioners regarding which project characteristics affect the successful development and adoption of new software by the armed forces

Exploring Critical Success Factors for Data Integration and Decision-Making in Law Enforcement

Agencies from various disciplines supporting law enforcement functions and processes have integrated, shared, and communicated data through ad hoc methods to address crime, terrorism, and many other threats in the United States. Data integration in law enforcement plays a critical role in the technical, business, and intelligence processes created by users to combine data from various sources and domains to transform them into valuable information. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the current conditions of data integration frameworks through user and system interactions among law enforcement organizational processes. Further exploration of critical success factors used to integrate data more efficiently among systems of systems and user interactions may improve crime and intelligence analysis through modern applications and novel frameworks

Cloud computing projects: critical success factors

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) of informationtechnology (IT) projects using cloud computing. CSFs are variables that can influence the success of projectsand therefore need to be identified and managed appropriately. Design/methodology/approach – This is an exploratory qualitative study with 23 experts in cloudcomputing projects through semi-structured interviews. The data was analyzed using contentanalysis. Findings – The results present a list of CSFs for projects in a cloud computing environment. The studydemonstrated that the CSF with greater relevance to cloud projects is the team’s technical capacity, followedby the support of senior management and the team’s soft skills. In addition, results demonstrated thatcontract item management is a limiting factor for cloud projects. Research limitations/implications – The sample comprised only Brazilian experts, so it may notrepresent the same scenario as in other locations. The CSF ratio for cloud computing projects may varydepending on the company’s maturity in projects of this nature. Practical implications – The CSF relationship can guide managers in properly conducting cloudcomputing projects, contributing to minimizing the risks and challenges that may interfere with theproject. Social implications – The relationship of the CSFs in cloud computing projects proposed fills a gap instudies specifically related to this context and tries to minimize project managers’ stress. Originality/value – Contract items for the cloud context are added to the CSF literature in IT projects,which have not been addressed so far

IT projects success factors: a literature review

Information Technology (IT) projects are enablers of organizational transformation and business growth. Despite the contribution of methodologies and frameworks for project management, the ratio of failed IT projects remains high; then, studying critical success factors of IT projects persist as an essential issue for researches and practitioners. This paper presents a systematic literature review focused on compiling and synthesizing project success factors in IT projects. The literature search was conducted using primary journal articles until 2017. All studies agree on the relevance of studying the critical success factors in IT projects given their particular characteristics. The results indicate there is no clear definition of project success concept; our review consolidates the IT success criteria into time, budget, project management, system quality, user satisfaction, and economic value. Also, there a vast and overlapped list of factors; so, this research proposes a structure that synthesizes the most referenced critical factors that have in common soft attributes as involvement, support, communication, and commitment. Findings reinforce the relevance of soft skills in IT project teams

The requirements management practices: A study at UUM IT

Requirements engineering is a main process in software engineering that focusing on development and managing the user requirements. One of the requirements engineering activities is requirements management. It plays an important role when it comes to the support of product development teams. Despite this, there is a lack of practice in requirements management activity in the software project development. Malaysian software markets are still facing several problems in requirements management practices such as requirements quality, requirements inadequately, and identification of requirements; with limited studies that address it. In this study, UUM IT as computer services provider in a local universities in Malaysia is design as case study, to represent as one organization in Malaysia software markets. This study aims to investigate the current situation for the requirement management in UUM IT, and assess the relationship CMMI level 2 with the requirements management practices in UUM IT. This study adopted mixed method through used questionnaire with the UUM IT team, as well as, interviews with managers of UUM IT for more reliability. The outcome of study showed that the UUM IT are used requirements management activities but there is a need for more attention and improve. Moreover, the study proposes CMMI appraisal method to enhance the performance of software development tea