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Insights on Program Success

October 2009 • Special Report
Software Engineering Institute, Systems and Software Consortium, Inc.

This 2009 report examines the reasons why some programs fail and studies the factors that lead to program success.

Publisher:

Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2009-SR-023

DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
10.1184/R1/6574544.v1
Subjects

Abstract

Why do some programs fail? What are the factors that lead to program success? Two organizations, the Systems and Software Consortium, Inc. (SSCI) and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), recently examined the reasons, and concluded that while many are technical reasons, the greatest influence is people and the things they do individually and in teams that lead to program success or failure.