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What Is the Big Deal About Testing? ■ 3
Figure 1: IT project success rate has changed over the past 10 years
To learn why the success rate is so low, we wondered: Why
were the successful projects successful?
The Standish group also collected data on success factors, ask-
ing respondents what contributed to their project’s success.
Executive support and user involvement were high on the list.
Here are the other factors that figured in project success.
 Executive support (18%)
 User involvement (16%)
 Experienced project manager (14%)
 Clear business objectives (12%)
 Minimized scope (10%)
 Standard software infrastructure (8%)
 Firm basic requirements (6%)
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