Insights on Program Success

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.

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Authors

Software Engineering Institute

Systems and Software Consortium, Inc.

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Process Improvement
TSP

Special Report
CMU/SEI-2009-SR-023
October 2009

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SEI:

Software Engineering Institute, ; & Systems and Software Consortium, Inc., . Insights on Program Success (CMU/SEI-2009-SR-023). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/09sr023.cfm

IEEE:

. Software Engineering Institute, and . Systems and Software Consortium, Inc., "Insights on Program Success," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Special Report CMU/SEI-2009-SR-023, 2009. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/09sr023.cfm

APA:

Software Engineering Institute, ., & Systems and Software Consortium, Inc., . (2009). Insights on Program Success (CMU/SEI-2009-SR-023). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/09sr023.cfm

CHI:

Software Engineering Institute, , and Systems and Software Consortium, Inc.. Insights on Program Success (CMU/SEI-2009-SR-023). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/09sr023.cfm

MLA:

Software Engineering Institute, ., & Systems and Software Consortium, Inc., . 2009. Insights on Program Success (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2009-SR-023). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/09sr023.cfm

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