当被问及管理项目时面临的最大挑战时，相等数量的调查受访者（39％）确定获得项目批准并开发功能规范为主要问题。紧随其后的是范围蠕变，为38％（允许多个响应）。几乎有三分之一报告的问题达成了绩效要求（30％）或在项目范围上获得内部协议（29）。
Most out of the total of 102 who responded to the survey questions reported using some kind of software application to assist project management. Three-fourths of respondents use a spreadsheet, with almost the same number using Microsoft Project. Almost a third (29 percent) use Microsoft Visio. Eighteen percent reported using a legal pad.
While the latter may work perfectly well for smaller projects, it is probably unlikely that the legal pad users are among the group who reported managing the largest projects. When asked about the average size of projects managed, 13 percent said their projects typically cost more than $1 million. Just over a quarter of respondents reported average project size of greater than $500,000; another quarter reported projects of less than $100,000; the remaining half managed projects with costs in between.
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