An analysis of software project management (case study: Government agencies)

Software has important role for government agencies. It changes governance systems and processes by improving service delivery from government to business (G2B), community (G2C), and among agencies (G2G). It was triggering many government agencies to undertake software projects. On the other side, software projects are so dynamic and uncertain. The problems caused by delayed schedule, costs overrun and low quality of deliverables. Scope, time, cost, quality, risk and other domains should be managed to solve the problems. Several efforts have been done to improve software project management in government agencies. However, no one has specifically analyzed the correlation between project management practices, software engineering practices and government project procurement activities. This study chose and combined PMBOK, SWEBOK and the Presidential Decree number 4/2015 to analyze software project management for government agencies. Deep analysis have been conducted to find a preliminary framework of software project management for government agencies.