Three quarters of respondents to a new survey believe their IT projects are doomed to fail from the very beginning.
The study conducted by software development firm Geneca, entitled Doomed From the Start? Why a Majority of Business and IT Teams Anticipate Their Software Development Projects Will Fail examines why teams struggle to meet the business expectations for their projects.
Geneca asked almost 600 individuals closely involved in the software development process to answer 25 closed questions. Some of the key findings are:
Lack of confidence in project success:
75 percent of respondents admit that their projects are either always or usually "doomed right from the start."
Rework wariness:
80 percent admit they spend at least half their time on rework.
Business involvement is inconsistent or results in confusion:
78 percent feel the business is usually or always out of sync with project requirements and business stakeholders need to be more involved and engaged in the requirements process.
Fuzzy business objectives:
Only 55 percent feel that the business objectives of their projects are clear to them.
Requirements definition processes do not reflect business need:
Less than 20 percent describe the requirements process as the articulation of business need.
Lack of complete agreement when projects are done:
Only 23 percent say they are always in agreement when a project is truly done.
"There is no question that the overall survey results shows that our single biggest performance improvement opportunity is to have a more business-centric approach to requirements," states Geneca President & CEO, Joel Basgall. "Unfortunately, poor requirements definition practices have become so common that they're almost tolerated. The gloomy results of this survey really drive this home."
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