...Software Project Failure and Solutions According to Krigsman, (2007) business-critical and services project are not completed on time, cost too much, contain a lot of defects and fail to satisfy the business requirements they set out to achieve. Clancy, (1995) states that United States spend more than $250 billion each year on approximately 175,000 IT development project of which most will fail and that software development projects are in chaos. This paper aim to explain the reason why a significant amount of software projects fail and what make software projects succeed by reviewing evidence from a few reports and surveys. Research conducted by Standish Group in 1995, shows that 31.1% of project will fail before they are completed and 52% of project will cost 189% of their original cost. On average only 16.2% of software projects are finish on time and on-budget and 9% of software projects are finish on time within budget for large companies. Similarly failure figures for project failure due to restarts, cost overruns, tie overruns were disheartening and to make things worst nothing change since then (Clancy, 1995). The Standish Group survey of IT executive manager reveals that user involvement, executive management support and clear statement of requirements are the three major reasons why project succeed. Incomplete requirements and lack of user involvement are the main opinion why projects are impaired, eventually cancelled and hence fail. Table 1: Some of...
Words: 1125 - Pages: 5
...higher profit margin. Countries that provide off shoring services to the United Stated do not have the higher over- head costs to operate because their employee labor market is significantly lower at cost per hour than employees in the United States are. Keeping in mind the lower labor costs, many companies see that software developers can utilize the same benefits of cheaper labor as other service areas to maximize profit and minimize costs. Another benefit of off shoring application development provided by Clarety Consulting is the less production down time. In this article it is explains off shoring software development allows employees to work on site for 24 hours a day (Advantages & Disadvantages Sotware Developoment Outsourcing). The concept behind this approach to outsourcing is that with access to employees in various countries production on software never has to stop because in every country there is another time zone to begin and start the workday, thus allowing a faster production of products in this case the faster production of software. Along with the many advantages of off shoring product development there is also a down side to off shoring software including the lack of skills produced by foreign workers. In many instances along with the lower costs of production there may also me a lack of quality that comes along with the lower costs. Many...
Words: 618 - Pages: 3
...1) Who should ThoughtWorks’ primary target audience be? Why? PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE IT project-managers with direct responsibility over the success of large-scale systems integration projects which are facing a compelling event, such as having no margin for error, being very complex or at-risk of failure. RATIONALE FOR TARGET AUDIENCE These IT project-managers are referred to as “buyers or “heavy influencers” in the case, though they may be managers, CIOs, or technical decision makers. The systems integration projects these IT heavy influencers manage can be either custom applications or a combination of that and package software implementation. These projects feature a compelling event – such as having no margin for error or having already experienced problems in finishing it – and thus they require an IT consultant that can successfully complete the project regardless of extenuating circumstances. In the context of Gartner’s segmentation of IT enterprise types (ThoughtWorks A, pg. 8), these heavy influencers would come primarily from Type A organizations, though they could also be from Type B, so long as they embrace using advanced, innovative technology. This target audience of IT heavy influencers is ideal for ThoughtWorks because – The presence of a compelling event was a consistent factor among nearly all of ThoughtWorks’ major projects to date, regardless of other factors – such as the awareness about Agile or Martin Fowler. These major clients chose...
Words: 1281 - Pages: 6
...Failures ERP systems are an integrated software solution that is typically offered through a vendor as packaged software that supports the organization’s supply chain and other business functions, such as, receiving, inventory management, customer order management, production, planning, shipping, accounting, and human resource management. The use of ERP is very widespread across a multitude of industries. As a matter of fact, a report by Computer Economics Inc. states that, “76% of manufacturers, 35% of insurance and health care companies, and 24% of Federal Government agencies already have an ERP system or are in the process of installing one.” Over 60% of Fortune 1000 companies have implemented ERP systems (Hawkins & Stein, 2004). It is not just large firms that are implementing ERP systems, small and medium size companies are making use of ERP systems as well (O’Leary, 2004). ERP systems have expanded across the globe and many of world’s leading companies consider Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems an essential information systems infrastructure to survive and prosper in today’s economy. There are many advantages to ERP systems. Companies that have successfully implemented ERP systems report improvement in management decision making, improvement in efficiency, improvement in information exchange, improvement in performance and productivity levels and improvement in customer service and customer satisfaction, just to name a few. So why, then, do industry statistics show...
Words: 1570 - Pages: 7
...Describe how the development of integrated healthcare systems has created an impetus for installing computer networks. Glandon, Smaltz and Slovensky (2010) stated that integrated healthcare systems helped create the impetus for installing computer networks because information housed in one system may be “ incompatible with the data format” of information stored in another system. Information technology has an important and expanding role in the delivery of high quality healthcare services. Until recently health informatics systems have generally been developed as independent centralized databases. With computing communications technologies now being introduced into major hospitals, many new information services can now be provided to enhance the patient-care provider interaction. The main applications are the office suit and web-browsers. Most companies are moving toward web interface applications and internet explorer is the front runner for testing purposes. References Egan, G. (2005). Computers and networks in medical and healthcare systems. Glandon, G.L., Smaltz, D.H., & Slovensky, D.J. (2008). Austin and boxerman's Information systems for healthcare management (7th ed.). Chicago. Illinois: Health Administration Press. Suggest how the use of a patient ID bracelet containing a bar-code representation of the patient’s ID and a bar-code scanner can lead to improved quality of care in a hospital. new technology, such as patient ID and a bar-code scanner, allows...
Words: 2311 - Pages: 10
...Why is software piracy so pervasive? I believe software piracy is so wide-spread because of the easy method for sharing this software world-wide through the internet. With peer-to-peer sharing through torrent sites a person can share software with the world. Without the ability to share software on the internet piracy would be much less pervasive. I have heard some people make the excuse for using pirated software on the exorbitant profits that companies like Microsoft are generating due to overpriced software. Years ago there was an outcry that Microsoft should give a discount when a person purchased multiple copies. In response, Microsoft did finally offer a discounted Family Pak for their OS and Office. I also believe the conversion to digital formats like eBooks and mp3’s has made it easier to pirate these types of products. What are your innovative ideas to reduce this problem? This is a battle that I feel the software industry is losing although they have put up a fight. We have seen torrent sites shut down, individuals jailed, and people fined and yet pirating only seems to grow. Popular sites like isohunt and Demonoid which were shut down by the MPAA have resurrected their torrent site in different countries. Over the years the software industry has tried numerous methods including serial numbers, activation, and more recently online activation and authentication as Microsoft started with the new Office 2013, but it seems hackers continue to find methods...
Words: 312 - Pages: 2
...result if one drive fails then all data in the array is lost. b. RAID 1: Provides disk mirroring and duplexing so level one provides twice the read transaction rate of single disks and the same write transaction rate as a single disk. c. RAID 5: Uses block-level striping with parity data distributed across all member disks. Also RAID 5 has achieved popularity because of its low cost of redundancy. d. RAID 6: Extends RAID 5 by adding an additional parity block thus it uses block-level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all member disks. RAID 6 does not have a performance penalty for read operations but it does have a performance penalty on write operations because of the overhead associated with parity calculations and it’s also no less space efficient then RAID 5. 4. Why is RAID 0 of any use if it offers no redundancy? Because it provides data striping even though it lacks both fault tolerance and redundancy. 5. Why do you think that RAID 1 can be the most expensive? You get two copies of everything after you have a hard drive fail on you with all of the data completely lost you’ll understand that spending fifty dollars on another drive so you can have duplicate data is dirt cheap. If you are really paranoid this is the RAID for you. Also mirroring looks less attractive when the number of drives increase which is what would make itso expensive. 6. If you as a home computer user were to purchase a form of RAID which would you choose and why? RAID 1 because it...
Words: 434 - Pages: 2
...A. Redundant Array of Independent Disks 2. When would we use RAID? A. When you need a performance increase in software or software redundancy. Running a large Info server were a lot of people will be getting info at the same time. 3. Define the following types of RAID: A. RAID 0 this configuration has striping but no redundancy of data. It offers the best performance but no fault-tolerance. B. RAID 1 Also known as disk mirroring, this configuration consists of at least two drives that duplicate the storage of data. There is no striping. Read performance is improved since either disk can be read at the same time. Write performance is the same as for single disk storage. C. RAID 5 this level is based on block-level striping with parity. The parity information is striped across each drive, allowing the array to function even if one drive were to fail. The array’s architecture allows read and write operations to span multiple drives. This results in performance that is usually better than that of a single drive, but not as high as that of a RAID 0 array. RAID 5 requires at least three disks, but it is often recommended to use at least five disks for performance reasons. D. RAID 5 arrays are generally considered to be a poor choice for use on write-intensive systems because of the performance impact associated with writing parity information. When a disk does fail, it can take a long time to rebuild a RAID 5 array. Performance is usually degraded during the rebuild time and...
Words: 559 - Pages: 3
...Intercontinental University July 14th, 2013 Abstract This will help answer question to some of the many case studies in the AIU assignment listing. We will identify and explain how the antivirus software cripples components of a computer. What are some of the problems and causes that are associated with the antivirus will be described. Also just how secure is the cloud and what other factors can help in making sure it remains that way. Medical records and just how secure they are will be determined in the discussion as well as other factors. Lastly how important is reservation systems at two popular airlines will be discussed. Chapter 8, pg 304: When Antivirus Software Cripples your Computers. 1. What management, organization, and technology factors were responsible for McAfee’s software problem? McAfee virus scan among other technological issues were not compatible at all. It also appeared to be a lack of communication and preparation amongst his management team. They should have been a little more prepared and organized to prevent the software issues. When a system crashes and fails to reboot this could have a negative impact on McAfee as we just seen. 2. What was the business impact of this software problem, both for McAfee and for its customers? The business impact of this software problem was that companies and customers lost all of their data and wasn’t able to retain anything. McAfee lost millions of dollars as well as losing customers to this ordeal. The sympathy...
Words: 1371 - Pages: 6
...Linda Fernandez Chap 2 Review Questions 1. Why is information security a management problem? What can management do that technology cannot? Both management and IT management are responsible for the protection necessary to secure information. They are the ones who make the decisions regarding the appropriate security system and what level of security will work for the system. 2. Why is data the most important asset an organization possesses? What other assets in the organization require protection? Data is important because it keeps a record of all changes and activity. Without data, the company or organization may fail because they have no records, and therefore be of no good use. 3. Which management groups are responsible for implementing information security to protect the organizations’ ability to function? General Management and IT Management are responsible because it has to be set up for that specific system. If one part fails, then they are the ones to fix it and make it usable 4. Has the implementation of networking technology created more or less risk for businesses that use information technology? Why? Networking has caused more risk for businesses using information technology because it made it much easier for attackers to breach the security systems. They are even more of a target with the internet connection. 5. What is information extortion? Describe how such an attack can cause losses, using an example not found in the text. ...
Words: 1293 - Pages: 6
...successful SDL include a central group within the company (or software development organization) that drives the development and evolution of security best practices and process improvements, serves as a source of expertise for the organization as a whole, and performs a review (the Final Security Review or FSR) before software is released. What are the activities that occur within each phase? Training Phase- Core Security Training Requirements Phase- Establish security requirements, create Quality Gates/Bug Bars, perform Privacy Risk assesments. Design Phase-Establish Design Requirements, perform Attack Surface Analysis/Reduction, use Threat Modeling Implementation Phase- Use approved tools, Deprecate unsafe functions perform static analysis Verification Phase- Perform Dynamic Analysis, Perform Fuzz Testing, Conduct Attack Surface Review Release Phase- Create an incident Response Plan, Conduct Final Security Review, Certify release and archive Response Phase- Execute Incident Response Plan Phase Activities Roles Tools Requirements - Establish Security Requirements -Create Quality Gates/Bug Bars -Perform Security and Privacy Risk Assessments -Project Managers -Security Analysts -Microsoft SDL Process Template for Visual Studio Team System - MSF-Agile + SDL Process Template Design -Establish Design Requirements -Perform Attack Surface Analysis/Reduction -Use Threat Modeling -Project Managers -Tester -Software Developers -Security Analysts -QA -Microsoft Threat Modeling...
Words: 2006 - Pages: 9
...TEACHERS NAME INSERT CLASS NAME AND NUMBER 13 November 2015 Royal Crown Derby ERP Case Every day in every town, in every state, in every country there are people who start their own businesses. Some of these businesses succeed and some of them fail, so everyday these people are asking themselves “Why did I fail? Where did I do wrong?” Those that fail can be businesses that had been open and thriving for many years, along with those that just opened and never even gets their name out into the market. Failure to market online is actually one of the top reasons that a business ends up closing its doors. It is estimated that approximately 80% of internet users have used the internet to research specific items and make an online purchase. Therefore, a business should be visible to customers during their online research when shopping. Many businesses allow customers who have already ordered items from them to provide feedback about the products that they have ordered and received from that business. Another reason that businesses fail to succeed is that they aren’t looking at this feedback and taking measures to make right the wrongs that society writes about them. Potential customers are looking at these comments- up to 81%, so why would a business owner not look at these comments themselves? Successful companies are able to create a brand, a way of saying “this is who we are and what we offer” and any media, web content and social media all have the potential of making a...
Words: 1368 - Pages: 6
...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. Importance of selecting the correct ERP software a. Strategic fit b. Cost vs. benefit to actual (clearly defined) business needs c. Severe long term impacts on company operations II. What this paper covers d. General ERP system overview e. Components f. Best practices OVERVIEW OF ERP The term ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) was first used in 1990 to refer to a type of business software that integrated information from numerous departments within a company (Garača, 1). ERP systems are among the most important business information technologies that emerged during the last decade (Ghosh, 1). Because ERP software can encompass such a large range of applications it can be thought of and used in many different ways. In the last 30 years the manufacturing industry has been involved in a continuation of the ongoing improvement of information systems that started with MRP (materials resource planning) which incorporated MPS (master production scheduling), then moved to MRP II which brought in capacity planning, and is now centered around ERP. Where MRP II failed, ERP aims to connect suppliers and customers to the manufacturing environment (Gupta). Current ERP software now has the capability of connecting functions of all its individual departments together and inter-linking the department specific applications into one large network. By inter-connecting information from departments such as accounting, manufacturing...
Words: 2680 - Pages: 11
... Unit Five O Chapter Seventeen – Building Software to Support an Agile Organization O Chapter Eighteen – Managing Organizational Project O Chapter Nineteen - Outsourcing in the 21st Century O Chapter Twenty – Developing a 21st-Century Organization 18-2 Chapter 18 Managing Organizational Projects 18-3 LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Explain the triple constraints and its importance in project management 2. Describe the fundamentals of project management 18-4 MANAGING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS O Analysts predict investment in IT projects worldwide through 2010 will be over $1 trillion O 70 percent will be lost due to failed projects O The consequences of failed projects include: O O O O O Damaged brand Lost goodwill Dissolution of partnerships Lost investment opportunities Low morale 18-5 The Triple Constraint O Project management interdependent variables 18-6 The Triple Constraint O Benjamin Franklin’s timeless advice - by failing to prepare, you prepare to fail - applies to software development projects O The Hackett Group analyzed 2,000 companies and discovered: O Three in 10 major IT projects fail O 21 percent of the companies state that they cannot adjust rapidly to market changes O One in four validates a business case for IT projects after completion 18-7 The Triple Constraint O Common reasons why IT projects fall behind schedule or fail 18-8 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS ...
Words: 454 - Pages: 2
... Originally, RAID stood for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. Currently it is more commonly known as standing for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. 2. When would you use RAID? Having data on multiple disks helps ensure against data loss in case of a drive failure. If one of the drives fails most levels of RAID allow the user to just replace that one drive while not losing any data. Having multiple drives also allows multiple read and write operations to be going on at the same time, which increases performance. 3. Define the following types of RAID: a. RAID 0 Using two or more disks, RAID 0 utilizes a striped disk array with data broken down and written part to each disk. This increases performance since multiple input / output operations can be carried out at the same time. RAID 0, unlike the other levels of RAID, does not provide any protection against data loss. If one drive goes down, all of the data will be corrupted. b. RAID 1 RAID 1 requires two or more disks to operate, it organizes data into mirrored pairs. When data is written to one of the drives in a mirrored pair, it is automatically written to both drives. That way if one of the two drives fails the user just needs to replace that one drive. It also provides an increase in performance since two read operations can be performed at the same time. Only one write can be performed at a time since the data must be written to both drives. UNIT 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 3 c. RAID 5 Three...
Words: 855 - Pages: 4
