1. Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ IT Project Success Survey 2010 May-June 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html

2. Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ How To Use These Slides I have provided these slides, and the raw data behind them, so that others can use them in their own work. You may reuse all, or a part of, this slide deck as long as you provide a clear reference to the source. The suggested reference is: Results from Scott Ambler’s 2010 IT Project Success Survey posted at www.agilemodeling.com/surveys/ www.agilemodeling.com/surveys/ Some slides have notes

3. Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ About the Survey May/June 2010 Survey link included in: –May 2010 DDJ Agile Newsletter –Jon Erickson’s blog at www.ddj.comwww.ddj.com –www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ pagewww.ambysoft.com/surveys/ –Posting to ambysoft@yahoogroups.comambysoft@yahoogroups.com –Posting to Scott Ambler’s blog at www.ibm.com Data, summary, and slides downloadable from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ 203 respondents –20% were developers or agile team members, 33% were managers or team lead/Scrum masters –77% had 10+ years in IT –20% worked in orgs of 500+ IT people –60% North American, 22% European, 10% Asia Pacific

4. Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Defining Success Time/Schedule –54% prefer to deliver on time according to the schedule –44% prefer to deliver when the system is ready to be shipped Cost –35% prefer to deliver within budget –60% prefer to provide good return on investment (ROI) Functionality –14% prefer to build the system to specification –85% prefer to meet the actual needs of stakeholders Quality –40% prefer to deliver on time and on budget –57% prefer to deliver high-quality, easy-to-maintain systems Only 10% of respondents indicated that their definition of success on their most recent project included all three of delivering according to schedule, within budget, and to the specification. –None of the business stakeholders who responded to the survey defined success in this way.

5. Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Importance of the Success Factors In order: 1.Functionality 2.Quality 3.Time/Schedule 4.Money

6. Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Perceived Project Success Rates Note: Accurate to within +/-7% Figures don’t add to 100% due to use of “ranged options”

7. Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Perceived Project Success Rates Note: Accurate to within +/-7% Figures “normalized” to add to 100%