A Note on the Standish CHAOS Reports
In his recent seminar Advanced Agile Project Management Workshop, Jim Highsmith made the following comment on the interpretation of the Standish CHAOS Reports:
The Standish data are NOT a good indicator of poor software development performance. However, they ARE an indicator of systemic failure of our planning and measurement processes.
Jim is referring to the standard definition of project “success”:
One time, on budget, all specified features
Jim elaborates on this key point in the forthcoming second edition of Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products. Stay tuned…
The Agile Executive 
I feel that the biggest reason for project failures is the incapability of IT and technical leadership to do justice with their jobs.
Read my article where I discuss this further.
Have a great day,
Muhammad Haroon
SoftwareRockstar.com
Muhammad Haroon
June 22, 2009 at 2:49 pm