This document provides an abstract for a conference paper that compares decision-making methods for determining the success or failure of software development projects. The abstract indicates that traditionally, judgments about project success have been subjective based on stakeholder questionnaires and interviews. However, quantitative data about software projects in Japan has been collected, allowing the development of diagnostic techniques to objectively decide project success using discriminant analysis. The conference paper presented in the abstract aims to develop a model for estimating a defined "success degree" of projects and a technique for judging success or failure based on the success degree. It proposes comparing the effectiveness of this new technique to discriminant analysis techniques for objective project evaluation.

1. Abstract of Economics, Finance and Management Outlooks, 2015, Vol.3
DOI: 10.18488/journal.1003/2015.3/1003.3
3rd International Conference on Economics, Finance
and Management Outlooks
27-28 July, 2015
Lebua Hotels and Resorts, 1055 Silom Road, Bangrak, Bangkok
10500 Thailand
Conference Website: www.pakrdw.com
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Paper ID: 673/15/3
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Comparison between Decision Making Method for Success
Right or Wrong of Software Development Project
Kazuhiro Esaki1
--- Kizuku Kuwahra2
--- Testu Sagae3
1,2,3
Faculty of Science and Engineering, HOSEI University, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract
For a purpose of improvement of project succeed. We should determine the success
right or wrong of project objectively and quantitatively. And, it is necessary to reflect
improvement of a failure project for a next planning of project. On the other hand, a
decision of success right or wrong of software development projects has evaluated
subjectively based on a questionnaire and hearing for stakeholders concerned.
Furthermore, the study of definition of project success right or wrong and quantitative
decision techniques are not found. Recently, gathering of the attribute data about
software development projects in Japan has been performed by IPA/SEC (Software
Engineering Centre of the Information-Technology Promotion Agency Japan).
Therefore, we developed the diagnostic technique to decide the success right or wrong
of project by a discriminant analysis based on these actual data in the precedent study.
On the other hand, we tried to develop the model to estimate the “success degree” of
project in this study and made the judgment technique of decision of success right or
wrong based on the defined “success degree” of project. In this paper, we would like to
propose the result of comparison between the effectiveness of these judgment
techniques of the project.
Keywords: Software development, Project management, Project success degree, Discriminant analysis.