What do software practitioners really think about project success: an exploratory study

  • Authors:

  • J. Drew Procaccino;June M. Verner;Katherine M. Shelfer;David Gefen

  • Affiliations:

  • College of Business Administration, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Sweigart Hall, Room #315, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA;National Information Computing and Technology Australia, Locked Bag 9013, Alexandria, NSW 1435, Australia;College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;College of Management, Drexel University, 308 Academic Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Systems and Software
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Understanding what software practitioners value and how they define project success has implications for both practitioner motivation and software development productivity. We conducted a survey to discover some of the components of project outcome (in terms of personal/professional aspects as well as the project as a whole) that practitioners consider important in defining project success. We also investigated some of those components that practitioners perceived were important contributors to success through their impact on the development process. Sixty-six practitioners participated in our study. They considered software projects to be successful if they provide them with intrinsic, internally motivating work in developing software systems that both meet customer/user needs and are easy to use.