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1. Introduction

Stephan Roth1  
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Bad Schwartau, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
 

“How it is done is as important as having it done.”

—Eduardo Namur

Dear readers, I introduced the first edition of this book with the words: “It is still a sad reality that many software development projects are in bad condition, and some might even be in a serious crisis.” That was a little over three years ago, and I am pretty sure that the general situation has not improved significantly since then.

The reasons that many software development projects are still having difficulties are manifold. There are a lot of risk factors that can cause software development projects to fail. Some projects, ...

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