Interestingly, "changes in specifications" was blamed most, at over 60%, while "poor development tools" came out near the bottom of the list as a reason for lateness, with a score of less than 10%. Tools vendors might tell you otherwise, but the biggest factor seems, to a large extent, to be within your company's control! (Of course, other factors can also be responsible for projects requiring changes to their specs.)

In any case, here's the data; judge for yourself . . .


Reasons for Late Embedded Projects
(percent of respondents)



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