Webinar: New Evidence: Why Software Projects Still Fail
Presenter: Ted Smillie, Montrose Computer Services
Standish Group's "CHAOS Summary 2009“reported that 68% of software projects were either challenged or failed, noting that “This year's results represent the highest failure rate in over a decade".
After all the post mortems and all the lessons learned from failed software projects, why are we still getting it wrong? What do we have to do to get it right?
Some recent research is gloomy, giving reasons why some projects will continue to fail and offering little hope for any change in the short term. Other research is more upbeat and there are some initiatives under way which are already producing promising results.
This webinar revisits the reasons for software project failure in light of recent research and reviews potential improvement in project success rates from recent initiatives.
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Ted is Managing Director, Montrose Computer Services Pty Limited, established in 1994. Ted is former National Chairman, Software Quality Association (SQA), former ASMA/SQA NSW Chairman and in 2006 was awarded the Australian ITP Lifetime Achievement Award for services to the IT Industry. Ted’s specialties are Software Process Improvement, Software Project Management, Software Quality Assurance & Testing and Software Risk Management. Ted has project managed numerous IT process improvement and certification programs and is a qualified ISO 9001, ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 lead auditor. He has run many training courses in Australia and overseas and has consulted to a wide range of clients, including Australia Post, Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service, Optus, RailCorp NSW and RTA NSW.