Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

Why Reengineering Projects Fail

John Bergey
Dennis Smith
Scott Tilley
Nelson Weiderman
Steven Woods

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-99-TR-010

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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.