Question

As per an IBM report, “31%of the project get cancelled before they are completed, 53% overrun their cost estimates by an average of 189% and for every 100 projects, there are 94 restarts”.What is the reason for these statistics ?

(a) Lack of adequate training in software engineering

(b) Lack of software ethics and understanding

(c) Management issues in the company

(d) All of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in an online quiz.

This question is from Software Engineering Ethics in portion Software Engineering Basics of Software Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Lack of adequate training in software engineering

For explanation I would say: Option b & c are a part of Software Engineering as a subject,hence option a covers them both.