Research Article

Exploring Project Complexity through Project Failure Factors: Analysis of Cluster Patterns Using Self-Organizing Maps

Table 2

Failure causes considered in the study.

CauseCode

Irruption of competitorsC1
Continuous or dramatic changes to the initial requirementsC2
Customer’s requirements inaccurate, incomplete or not definedC3
Disagreement or conflict of interest among departmentsC4
Inaccurate cost estimationsC5
Inaccurate time estimationsC6
Deficient management of suppliers and procurementC7
Lack of Management supportC8
Lack of previous identification of legislationC9
Badly defined specificationsC10
Political, social, economic or legal changesC11
Project manager Lack of commitmentC12
Project manager Lack of communication skillsC13
Project manager Lack of competenceC14
Project manager Lack of visionC15
Project requirements deficiently documentedC16
Project staff changesC17
Project team lack of competenceC18
Project team misunderstanding related to customer/user needsC19
Project team lack of commitmentC20
Public opinion opposition to ProjectC21
Quality checks badly performed or not performed at allC22
Extremely new or complex technologyC23
Unexpected events with no effective response possibleC24
Unrealistic customer expectationsC25
Wrong number of people assigned to the projectC26