To What Extent Do South African Software Organizations Lack Project Success Factors?

The concept of project success has been studied extensively over the years. Project success criteria that pertain to assessment measurements aimed at determining project success and project success factors that are input influencers to achieve project-desired outcome are two dimensions from which project success has been researched. This research study was set to investigate the extent to which software development organizations lack project success stimulating factors as considered by software project teams. Defined methodologies, team inclusion in decision-making and proper communication were found to be project success factors missing in some of the software organizations in South Africa. Based on the implications presented by the absence of these factors, recommendations have been made and these include formalizing and defining their project methodologies, project managers practicing shared decision-making in their projects and improving their communication levels with their project teams.This research study will be of interest to software development organizations that seek to improve their project success rate by paying attention to project success factors.