From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9195402bac5b66f6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: sgopalan@sebastian.carleton.ca (Subramani Gopalan) Subject: Schedule Overrun Survey Date: 1995/04/19 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 101283272 sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) x-nntp-posting-host: sebastian.carleton.ca organization: Carleton University newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1995-04-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Thank you for reading this post. I am a graduate student at Carleton University conducting a survey to collect data for my thesis titled "Reasons for schedule overruns in software development projects". The questionnaire does not take up more than 15 minutes to complete. The thesis is being supervised by Professor A.J. Bailetti of the School of Business. This survey may be completed by those who fulfil all the conditions given below: 1)Canadian software development project managers or software engineers (Non-Canadian developers are not part of my sample. If you are a non-Canadian developer, I sincerely thank you for your interest) 2) Who have worked on a project that has experienced schedule overruns 3) The project should have been completed in the last two years (after May 1993) I do not require sensitive data, nevertheless, I assure you that all data will be kept confidential. No link will be made between you and the data provided in this questionnaire. Information from individual responses will not be divulged to anyone un der any circumstances. While every attempt has been made to make this questionnaire respondent-friendly, should you require any clarification please send an E-mail message to `sgopalan@business.carleton.ca'. It shall be addressed promptly. Professor Bailetti may be reached at (613) 788-2370. I appreciate your cooperation and highly value your input. Thank you in advance for promptly returning the completed questionnaire. Sincerely, Subramani Gopalan Graduate Student QUESTIONNAIRE Section 1: Project data 1.1) Your Name: Phone Number:( ) - 1.2) Company Name: 1.3) The main line of business of your company is: 1.4) Title of project is: 1.5) Date of project completion: / / (dd / mm / yy) 1.6)What is the appropriate description of this project? (Please place an X after the most appropriate category-choose only one). Custom software development Embedded software development Software development for a target market Other: Section 2: Complexity data 2.1.a) What is the total number of Source Lines of Code written for this project including new and reused code? : 2.1.b) Please specify the language(s) in which the code was written: 2.2) What is the total number of modules developed for this project? 2.3) How does this project compare in size in relation to the other projects your company undertakes? (Please place an X after the appropriate category). Very Large Large Average Small Very Small Section 3: Schedule overrun data 3.1) Please indicate the following for this project: Estimated duration of the project in calendar weeks: Actual duration ofthe project in calendar weeks: Duration of a project is the time, in calendar weeks, from the start of high-level design to first customer delivery 3.2)Please indicate the impact of the schedule overrun on the following. Please put the appropriate number at the end of each line. Very Not at all Significant significant Project cost 1 2 3 4 5 Customer satisfaction 1 2 3 4 5 Progress of dependent projects 1 2 3 4 5 Financial success 1 2 3 4 5 Other______________________ 1 2 3 4 5 ___________________________ 1 2 3 4 5 ___________________________ 1 2 3 4 5 3.3)Please indicate the importance of the following reasons in causing schedule overrun in this project. Put a `0' (zero) if the reason played no part in causing the schedule overrun or put the appropriate number at the end of each line: Not at all Very important important 1)Changes in specifications 1 2 3 4 5 2)Lack of senior management support 1 2 3 4 5 3)Inadequate resource allocation 1 2 3 4 5 4)Poor project management 1 2 3 4 5 5)Incorrect estimation of development time 1 2 3 4 5 6)Problems with organizing project teams 1 2 3 4 5 7)Inability to detect problems early 1 2 3 4 5 8)Lack of inter-departmental cooperation 1 2 3 4 5 9)Inflated user expectations 1 2 3 4 5 10)Inadequate techniques 1 2 3 4 5 11)Lack of experience of the team 1 2 3 4 5 12)Other _____________________ 1 2 3 4 5 3.4)If you had to do this project again, what would you do differently to reduce or eliminate the schedule overrun? Section 4: Request for a copy of the findings Should you be interested in receiving a copy of the findings, please say `YES' here: THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME -- Subramani Gopalan sgopalan@business.carleton.ca (613) 788-2600 Ext:2370