3. Christina Benjamin - 2010022
Nimashi Fernando - 2010040
Warshini Rangana - 2010002
4. A professional, in the present day context, is the
one - academically qualified, technically sound,
consistent in excelling in his areas of expertise &
meeting the objectives as well as adding value to
whatever he/she is doing.
5.
6. Project Failure
Successful Project will be done in long time
period
The significant cost overruns.
Projects were unmanageable and code difficult
to maintain
Developers interpret requirements incorrectly
and fail to implement all requirements
7. Quoted from CIO Magazine Dec 1998:
Recent Standish Group survey indicates “46% of IT
projects were over budget and overdue and 28% failed
altogether”
“only 24% of IT projects undertaken by Fortune 500
companies in 1998 will be completed successfully”
From 1994 Standish report:
91% of projects at large companies failed, 30% of
projects at large companies were eventually cancelled.
8. Broaden the narrow scope of the “system”.
Broaden the engineering team according to
roles
Software architect
Software engineer
Programmer
Project manager
System engineer
IT professionals should be registered before
they practice
9.
10. (2006) Available from: http://www.citehr.com/12282-who-
professionals-who-not.html.
http://www.citehr.com/12282-who-professionals-who-
not.html
(2004)Software Failures & Software Standards.
Available from:
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/cs2/LectureN
otes/CS2Ah/SoftEng/se01.pdf.
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/cs2/LectureNotes/CS2Ah/
SoftEng/se01.pdf