An Study of The Role of Software Project Manger in the Outcome of the Project (original) (raw)

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE MANAGER'S VIEW

Communications of The Ais, 1999

As businesses become more dependent on information technology for their operations, IS managers are under increasing pressure to deliver quality applications software on time and within budget. Thus, in addition to their technical skills, they must master the necessary management skills to lead and control software development projects.

Software project managers and project success: An exploratory study

Journal of Systems and Software, 2006

Traditionally, a project should deliver agreed upon functionality on time and within budget. This study examines the mindset of software development project managers in regard to how they 'define' a successful project in order to arrive at a richer perspective of 'success' from the perspective of project managers. Senior management and members of the development team can gain a better understanding of the perspective of project managers regarding some of the aspects of their work and the project as a whole. Such understanding can facilitate better communication and cooperation among these groups. We investigated components of the developed system (project) in terms of some of the aspects of the delivered system (outcome/project) in order to place traditional measures of success in context with other organizational/managerial measures that have been suggested in the literature. We also investigated specific work-related items. These items have potential implications for the intrinsic motivation of the project manager. The consensus among the project managers who participated in our study indicated that delivering a system that meets customer/user requirements and works as intended through work that provides a sense quality and personal achievement are important aspects that lead to a project being considered a success.

A Survey on Challenges of Software Project Management

Recent surveys indicate that software projects have still high failure rates. In order to increase the odds of success, we have to identify the challenges and determine the causes. Management issues, rather than technological issues, are mostly the causes of these failures. We identified 17 possible areas in which the projects may have been challenged. In this study, we present our findings based on a survey on challenges of management of software projects. We conducted the survey in 2007 among 78 software practitioners regarding their last projects. The participants are from different geographical regions of the world.

Critical success factors for software projects: A comparative study

2011

Although there have been studies completed on the critical success factors of software projects, these studies all have been specific to one particular country. There has been no comprehensive study reporting on different project sizes in various domains and in multiple countries. We present our extensive literature survey of critical success factors that impact software projects. Forty-three articles from the years 1990 to 2010 were found to be significant contributions that could be analysed in order to develop a list of critical factors that specifically affect the success of software projects. The method of content analysis and frequency analysis was adopted. Twenty-six critical success factors were found to be related to software project success. We suggest that organisation or project manager is attentive to control the top five critical factors to drive towards project success since the percentage of frequency of occurrences for each is more than 50%. Also, it appears that non-technical factors (94%) dominated over technical factors (6%). In a result unique to our study compared with previous one, we found that the factors of clear and frozen requirements, realistic estimation of the schedule and budget, along with a competent project manager are the five most critical success factors of software projects.

Common Factors in the Successful Software Projects in Pakistan's Software Industry

2013

In this research paper, we identify a range of measures that can be used to assess the success of the common factors in the successful software projects in Pakistan software industry. The measures are identified based on literature and a survey conducted in the software professionals. The consideration of a development process model and an analysis of the opinions of the professionals are elaborated in context Pakistan's software industry. In this study, the guidelines for the project managers regarding perceptions from software practitioners are concluded. Extensive Survey results and Tables elaborated the common factors in the Successful Software Projects.

Software Project Management – A Successive Process That Bring a New System

Abstract: Project management is the art of matching a project’s goals, tasks, and resources to accomplish a goal as needed. We say “as needed” because one has limited time, money, and resources (human and machinery) with which to accomplish a goal. One can think of a project as a process. Preliminary investigation examines project feasibility. A feasibility study is the analysis of a problem to determine if it can be solved effectively. The results determine whether the solution should be implemented or not. Planning provides a road map for the software development process. It is probably the most time-consuming project management Activity. It is a continuous activity from initial concept through to system delivery. Plans must be regularly revised as new information becomes available. Schedule is a vital project management attribute in a market driven economy where time to market is critical to success. It takes an important role in the project planning activity. Individual projects are likely to differ considerably but following some classic project life cycle models. And the planning is pointless unless the execution of plan is monitored. Keywords: Project, Management, Feasibility, Planning, Scheduling Title: Software Project Management – A Successive Process That Bring a New System Author: JOYDEEP KUNDU International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online) Research Publish Journals

What do we know about successful software project factors

2013

This dissertation discusses how different practitioners define project success and success factors for software projects and products. The motivation for this work is to identify the way software practitioners’ value and define project success. This can have implications for both practitioner motivation and software development productivity. Accordingly, in this work, we are interested in the various perceptions of the term “success” for different software practitioners and researchers. To get this information we performed a systematic mapping of the recent year’s software development literature trying to identify stakeholders’ perceptions about the success of a project and also possible differences among the views of the various stakeholders of a project. Some common terms related to project success (success project; software project success factors) were considered in formulating the search strings. The results were limited to twenty-two selected peer-reviewed conferences, papers/...

Impact Analysis of Allocation of Resources by Project Manager on Success of Software Projects

2014

Generation Production of successful software project is one of the prime considerations of software industry. Engineering high quality software products is further influenced by several factors such as budget, schedule, resource constraints etc. A project manager is responsible for estimation and allocation of these resources in a project. Hence, role of project manager has a vital influence on success of the project. This research comprises of an empirical study of several projects developed in a product and service based CMMI Level 5 Software Company. The investigation result shows a significant impact of aforementioned factors on the success of software and on the company. The analysis further indicates the vital role of project managers in optimizing the resource allocation towards development of software. This paper brings in impact analysis of efficiency of project manager in effectively allocating resources such as time, cost, number of developers etc. An awareness of efficiency level of project manager in optimal allocation of resources enables one to realize the desired level of quality.

Software practitioner's perception of project success: a pilot study

… Computers. The Internet and Management, 2002

The success of a software development project is generally defined in terms of budget, schedule and customer requirements. However, it is not clear that all project stakeholders hold the same views of success. In this research, we investigate, by means of a questionnaire, those factors that influence software practitioners' view of project success. Our survey shows that the practitioner view comprises two categories, namely personal factors associated with the work and customer/user factors. The personal factor category includes a sense of achievement while working on a project, a good job was done (i.e. a quality was delivered), the project working was satisfying and resulted in professional growth. The customer/user category includes the customer/users were involved, they had realistic expectations and the project met all their requirements.