Common factors that may lead to project failure

Common factors that may lead to project failure

• no dedicated (exprienced, active) project manager
• no project owner (also too many project owners)
• lack of domain knowledge
• incomplete requirements
• no realistic deadline
• excessive use of new (unproven, untested) technologies
• no issue tracking

Best practices

• Hold a kick-off meeting
• Hold regular sync meetings
• Keep iterations short
• Release a static prototype early
• Don’t optimise too early
• Refactor early
• Make sure testing covers complete product and use case