Hussain, Azham and Mkpojiogu, Emmanuel O.C.Emmanuel O. C. (2016) Requirements: towards an understanding on why software projects fail. In: 2016 International Conference on Applied Science and Technology (ICAST 2016), 11–13 April 2016, Kedah, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Requirement engineering is at the foundation of every successful software project.There are many reasons for software project failures; however, poorly engineered requirements process contributes immensely to the reason why software projects fail.Software project failure is usually costly and risky and could also be life threatening. Projects that undermine requirements engineering suffer or are likely to suffer from failures, challenges and other attending risks. The cost of project failures and overruns when estimated is very huge.Furthermore, software project failures or overruns pose a challenge in today’s competitive market environment. It affects the company’s image, goodwill, and revenue drive and decreases the perceived satisfaction of customers and clients. In this paper, requirements engineering was discussed. Its role in software projects success was elaborated. The place of software requirements process in relation to software project failure was explored and examined.Also, project success and failure factors were also discussed with emphasis placed on requirements factors as they play a major role in software projects’ challenges, successes and failures.The paper relied on secondary data and empirical statistics to explore and examine factors responsible for the successes, challenges and failures of software projects in large, medium and small scaled software companies.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Divisions:	School of Computing
Depositing User:	Dr. Azham Hussain
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2017 01:59
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2017 08:47
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20570

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