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Why Reengineering Projects Fail

April 1999 Technical Report
John K. Bergey, Dennis B. Smith, Scott R. Tilley (Florida Institute of Technoloy), Nelson W. Weiderman, Steve Woods

This 1999 report highlights some of the most important reasons for failures in reengineering efforts despite the best of intentions.

Publisher:

Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-99-TR-010

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to highlight some of the most important reasons for failures in reengineering efforts despite the best of intentions. We support our observations with examples from a variety of experiences over many years. Readers may recognize some of the situations presented here and be tempted to conclude that the examples are taken from their own organizations, but similar missteps occur quite frequently.