Reasons for success and failure in offshore software development projects

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Information and software technology — Linberg, K. Software developer perceptions about software project failure: A case study. The Journal of Systems and Software — Maznevski, M. All reasons for success and failure were categorized and compared. A characteristic that successful projects had in common was the availability of informal mutual adjustment, which means facilitating the informal communication between the team members in the right way.

A major characteristic that unsuccessful projects had in common was improper planning, which has a large influence on the team results in an offshore CSD project. The implementation of standards was neither mentioned by the successful projects as a major reason for success, nor by the unsuccessful projects as a major reason for failure.