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Risk factors affecting software projects in South Africa
South African Journal of Business Management | Vol 37, No 2 | a602 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v37i2.602
| © 2018 D. Smith, M. Eastcroft, N. Mahmood, H. Rode
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 October 2018 | Published: 30 June 2006
Submitted: 10 October 2018 | Published: 30 June 2006
About the author(s)
D. Smith, Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town, South AfricaM. Eastcroft, Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town, South Africa
N. Mahmood, Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town, South Africa
H. Rode, Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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This paper reports on an analysis of risk factors relevant to South African software projects. Seven of the most widely cited studies in the research literature regarding software project risk were evaluated along with a detailed examination of the 53 risk factors developed by Schmidt, Lyytinen, Keil & Cule (2001). Forty completed questionnaires, submitted by software project managers, were analysed.
The main findings of this research were:
The main findings of this research were:
- Project managers of varying experience perceived different software risks to be important
- Risks relating to quality, cost, time, requirements or methodology were not perceived to be more important than risks relating to people, relationships or change) by project managers
- Lack of top management commitment to the project
- Unclear/ misunderstood scope/ objectives
- Schedule Flaw
- Lack of client responsibility, ownership and buy-in of the project and it’s delivered systems
- No planning or inadequate planning
- Project not based on sound business case
- Lack of available skilled personnel
- Not managing change properly
- Lack of adequate user involvement
- Poor risk management
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