Identification of scope creep factors and their impact on software project success

Komal, Bakhtawar; Janjua, Uzair Iqbal; Madni, Tahir Mustafa

doi:10.1109/iccisci.2019.8716390

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“…Komal et al [3] proved that inability to manage scope creep leads to project failure, more than 80% of software project failed as the result of poor controlling of scope creep. Nevertheless, numerous organizations are not aware of the serious parts of scope creep, hence conducted study contributes to decrease the chances of projects failure by identifying and analysing the critical factors that are responsible for scope creep proved by using a systematic review based on 29 selected paper.…”

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“…The proposed model is not tested in real projects. Investigating and identifying the critical factors of scope creep and its influence on project success [3] The paper requires more validation on real projects due to the absence of observation proof available in the reviewed literature. Improvement of Earned Scope Management (ESM) strategy for measuring and checking project performance [4] There is a need to integrate ESM) Earned Scope Management with Earned Value Management (EVM) to obtain accurate result of project performance.…”

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“…Despite the size of changes and the size of project scope, these changes on project scope can lead to project failure. Komal et al [3] mentioned that "According to the results of the survey, 92% of participants claimed that their projects failed due to poor scope management. To emphasize this point, both changes in scope (41%) and poor estimates (39%) were reported".…”

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“…To emphasize this point, both changes in scope (41%) and poor estimates (39%) were reported". Small changes called scope creep, Komal et al [3] have defined as "Scope creep refers to the change or growth of project scope or pressure to deliver more than what was approved between different parties". Even though these small changes are dangerous if it occurs during the project as it's not formal and its implemented without planning or assessment for its effect on the project baselines.…”

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Predefined Project Scope Changes and its Causes for Project Success

Althiyabi¹,

Qureshi²

2021

IJSEA

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In project management, the project scope is the base of significant project planning processes such as estimating the cost, schedule and building work breakdown structure. Poor project scope definition directly affects project cost and schedule. Accordingly, dealing with unrealistic scope definition of cost and schedule may lead to failing a project. Besides, changes in project scope have a negative and positive impact on project success. This paper aims to predefine the potential scope changes to keep the project scope on track and identify any weakness in scope definition at the early stages of a project. Enhancing project scope quality has a massive impact on the success of a project and it adds more control over project scope. A method is proposed to improve the quality of project scope and increase the efficiency of controlling scope changes. The proposed method will help to avoid scope creeping by defining a clear statement of work, increase the learning opportunities of the development team to optimize its processes, reducing the communication gap between the clients and development team and screen adjustments of new tasks. The proposed method is validated using a survey and the results are found encouraging.

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Predefined Project Scope Changes and its Causes for Project Success

Althiyabi¹,

Qureshi²

2021

IJSEA

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“…A survey was conducted to validate identified factors of scope creep from industry experts using research instruments. The quantitative research method is defined as "the systematic investigation of phenomena by gathering quantifiable data and performing statistical, mathematical or computational techniques" [74]. The results obtained from the quantitative analysis are considered reliable and objective by the majority of the experts and researchers [75].…”

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The Impact of Scope Creep on Project Success: An Empirical Investigation

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Advocates of software engineering and software project management stated in the literature that creeping of scope is one of the most common causes for the failure of software projects. Also, advocates believed that it could occur in almost every software project, which leads to compromise in quality, delayed schedules, increase cost and decreased customer satisfaction. However, the lack of empirical evidence demands a comprehensive investigation to identify the factors of scope creep and to propose a conceptual framework to empirically evaluate the impact of scope creep on software project success. To determine the scope creep factors in this study, two exploratory methods, i.e. a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and interview from experts are performed. Following the analysis of these methods, a conceptual framework is proposed. To empirically evaluate the proposed conceptual framework, data is collected through a survey method. Next, the collected data is analyzed through Partial Least Squares' Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). From the results, it is evident that the identified factors of scope creep are negatively associated with software project success. The results of empirical evaluation also second the findings of SLR. The outcome of the study may help the practitioners to understand the dynamics of factors, which undermine scope creep in software SMEs and to assist them in the development of effective control and mitigation strategies, therefore, to increase the project success rate. INDEX TERMS Scope management, scope creep, requirement creep, software project success, partial least squares structural equation modeling.

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