Software Development Failures - Anatomy of Abandoned Projects
Chapter 1: Software Development Project Failures
What Is Software Development Failure?
Software Engineering and Software Development Failures
Motivation for the Book and Readership
Failed Software Projects: Two Cases
Internet- and Web-Based Software Projects (and Project Failures)
Chapter 2: Software Project Characteristics
Problem Formulation and Abstraction
Project Risks and Uncertainties
Chapter 3: Factors Critical to Abandoned Software Projects
Framework of Abandonment Factors
Impact of Each Abandonment Factor on Software Development Stages
Software Development Phases and Critical Abandonment Factors
Chapter 4: Socioorganizational Factors and Abandoned Projects
Analysis of Abandoned-Project Cases: Socioorganizational Issues
Impact of Socioorganizational Factors on Systems Development Stages
Chapter 5: Technical Factors and Abandoned Projects
Analysis of Abandoned Projects: Technical and Technological Issues
Impact of Technical Factors on Systems Development Stages
Chapter 6: Economic Factors and Abandoned Projects
Economic Issues in Abandoned Projects
Analysis of Abandoned-Project Cases: The Economic Issues
Impact of Economic Factors on Systems Development Stages
Chapter 7: User Perspectives on Software Development Failures
Stakeholders-Interaction Model
Part III: Learning from Failures
Chapter 8: Postabandonment Review - Learning from Abandoned Projects
Postabandonment Review: Introduction
The Postabandonment Review Process
Postabandonment Review Triangulation Process
Abandoned-Project Postmortems in Organizations: Survey Results
Chapter 9: Software Development - A Strategic Paradigm
Chapter 10: Project Failures and Aftermath
How to Minimize Project Cancellations
Project Cancellations and Aftermath