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Introduction More software projects have gone awry for lack of calendar time than for all other causes combined (Brooks, 1995). Why is this cause of disaster so common? Statistics show that schedule delays occur in about 70% of software projects, cost overruns are above 90%, and the time scheduled for large-scale development projects is exceeded by an average of between 20% and 50%. Lastly, the larger the project, the more likely it is that its budget will exceed what was originally planned (Junguang, Ruixia, Estrella, 2015). On completion of any project, a risk section should be provided for the Project Lessons Learned Report, detailing risks that might affect other similar projects, together with responses that have been found†¦show more content†¦The mission of the website was to be a single point of access to the health insurance market for individuals. HealthCare.gov is one of the most complex pieces of software ever created by the U.S. government (Chambers, 2014). The United State s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) managed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). CMS was the federal agency responsible for the website development, integrating, and testing all the combined components (Chambers, 2014). CMS selected CGI Federal as the lead software developer responsible for designing and integrating the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) (Chambers, 2014). The FFM is the customer facing and complex processor behind the website that determined applicant insurability and eligibility of federal subsidies. Second, the Data Service Hub is the platform that validates application information with existing federal databases, such as the Internal Revenue Service. Quality Software Services Inc. (QSSI) was responsible for the development of the Data Services Hub and end-to-end testing of the product. Fifty-three additional contractors built the distributed services that would interface with new and legacy health insurance companies and government agencies (Chambers, 2014). HealthCare.gov was to bring health insurance coverage to an additional 34 million Americans. Americans had to sign up for healthcare insurance by December 23, 2013 for coverage to take effect by January 2014. This