Software Success Rates

25 years of failure - Standish Group CHAOS Report Stacked bar chart showing the share of software projects classified by the Standish Group as Successful, Challenged, or Failed for years from 1994 to 2015. Successful projects hover around 28 to 35 percent across the entire period. 25 years of failure Standish Group CHAOS Report, 1994 - 2015. Share of IT projects by outcome. Successful Challenged Failed 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 16% 53% 31% 1994 27% 33% 40% 1996 26% 46% 28% 1998 28% 49% 23% 2000 34% 51% 15% 2002 29% 53% 18% 2004 35% 46% 19% 2006 32% 44% 24% 2009 29% 49% 22% 2011 27% 56% 17% 2012 31% 50% 19% 2013 28% 55% 17% 2014 29% 52% 19% 2015 Sources: 2009 study and 2015 study overviews. // download chart as PNG

Based on Standish Group CHAOS reports as cited by InfoQ in 2015 and Software Quality Consulting.

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