Why Agile Projects Fail: A Qualitative Case Study

ASSIGNMENT 5: RESEARCH SYNTHESIS
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Research Topic: A Qualitative Case Study on Why Agile Projects Fail
PART 1: CITATIONS
Paraphrasing What Researchers Say
Original statements
1. Gulla (2011) indicates that an analysis of the PMO Executive Council’s project database reveals a
disturbing reality: even among those projects that are delivered on time and on budget, the majority fails
to deliver expected business outcomes.
2. Luckeman (2015) claims that to achieve successful projects managers need to effectively engage project
customers butit is not yet clear how to adequately engage the customers from foreign cultural
backgrounds.
Paraphrased statement
1. Gulla (2011) shows that according to the project database of PMO executive council even among
projects that get delivered on budget and time, many do not deliver outcomes that are expected.
2. Luckeman (2015) claims that for agile projects to be successful, all the project customers have to be
engaged effectively though no one knows how.
Agreement and Consensus
1. Alqudah and Razali concur that many global organizations do not know the importance of making use of
agile methods and those who are aware do not want to make use of them based on the level of risks
involves (Alqudah and Razali, 2017).
2. Dikert, Paasivaara, and Lassenius, agree that agile methodologies have received criticism and support
and studies about this shows that the accommodation of change towards them could bring project failure
of success (Dikert, Paasivaara, and Lassenius, 2016).
Ongoing Debates
1. In discussions about project failure, Holgeid, and Thompson, (2013) claim that governments need to
avoid major IT failures and instead ensure the realization of value to public service, but Hussain, and
Mkpojiogu, (2016) claim that it is the responsibility of businesses managers to make good choices
concerning agile methodologies for their projects.
2. In the issue of agile project failure Gulla (2011) concedes that businesses fail to plan well before they
execute a major project though Luckeman (2015) feels that the lack of project customer engagement
results to the failure of the projects.
Establishing Why Claims Matter
1. There is the desire for research to contribute towards the reduction of considerable time and money
wastage due to spectacular IT project failures within the public sector (Hussain, & Mkpojiogu, 2016).
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