Why Software Projects Fail After Months of Planning
It started with a simple requirement. We need to create a customer portal that allows customers to log in, view their orders and update their information. We now have 40 pages of requirements, wireframes and meetings booked months in advance. Yet not one page of the project has been shown to the end user. If this sounds familiar, you're in good company. This is one of the biggest reasons why software projects fail . Often, you don't even realise you're failing. You just think you're making a lot of progress. Below are six reasons why your software project may never finish, along with a solution to each. There is no end point Customer service would like live chat. Finance would like to download invoices. Marketing wants customers to receive personalised messages. Operations wants to see a report of the data collected. Every request is valid, but as you add features, you continue to push the end point further out. There's always something else to complete. Solution: ...
