The aim of this investigation is to explain the properties and characteristics of the software projects in Colombia, by making analyses and measurements in order to identify the success and failure factors in the software projects of the Colombian financial sector with duration of more than two years, and a budget greater than 2 million dollars. In the first section, we present the justification and objectives of the research, then, we state theproblem to be treated, the reference framework, the hypothesis, the proposal, and finally the conclusions.
