The cost to fix all of these problems can be significant. Our experience with one of the clients inspire to craft this detailed pitfalls to avoid the next time you embark on a similar project, regardless of whether you are the developer or client.
Here are some of the most common reasons that make so many web projects fail.
Top 15 Reasons Why Website Projects Fail:
- Poorly defined project scope
- Inadequate risk management
- Failure to identify key assumptions
- Project managers who lack experience and training
- No use of formal methods and strategies
- Lack of effective communication at all levels
- Key staff leaving the project and/or company
- Poor management of expectations
- Ineffective leadership
- Lack of detailed documentation
- Failure to track requirements
- Failure to track progress
- Lack of detail in the project plans
- Inaccurate time and effort estimates
- Cultural differences in global projects