Abstract
The study investigates the influence of maturity level on the outcomes of Software development projects. Other objectives of the research conducted covers the factors that makes a software project to succeed or fail. The study also discusses the maturity levels of each development phase of each software development team, organization, or company that develop software code. The research determines other things like the correlation between factors and software development projects. The aim of the study is to determine if the maturity level plays a major role on the outcome of the software development project. The results can be used with confidence because the reliability and validity tests were proven. Studies such as the Standish Group which was published in 2013 and 2014 and the Prosperus report (2003, 2008, and 2013), highlight the frequency with which Software development project failure occurs and the link between project success or lack thereof and project management maturity. However, this research has revealed that software projects are currently succeeding as viewed by members of software development teams. The success metrics were initially defined as meeting time, budget and scope. The definition is evolving around the three main traditional measures of project success. The research has revealed that the projects that are on time, work well, have excellent quality, and have happy customers. Our statistical analysis indicated that Software development projects are doing well in South Africa; European countries can insource their project to South Africa. The study was quantitative and implemented the survey in the form of structured questionnaire. As nature of cross-sectional study, the data was collected once from members of software development teams...
M.Com. (Information Technology Management)