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Leading reasons for software project failure worldwide 2015

Leading reasons for software project failure according to developers worldwide, as of 2015

The data shows the top reasons behind the failure of software projects, according to developers, worldwide, as of April 2015. When surveyed, 48% of developers pointed at changing or poorly documented requirements as one of the leading reasons for software project failure.

Changing or poorly documented requirements	48
Underfunding or under-resourcing	40
Poor team or organizational management	37
Insufficient time allocated to testing	32
Developer churn and loss of key talent/employee	23
Missed delivery timeline expectations	22
Time constraints and pre-mature software release	21
Immature dev tools and application platforms	17

Leading reasons for software project failure worldwide 2015

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