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Software Development Industry is one of the key players of the Sri Lankan economy. Hence, the performance ofsoftware companies is a very crucial factor for the growth of the country. Since software development activities bear thecharacteristics of projects, primary management method used by the industry to produce software is project managementmethodology. However it is evident that the success rate of software projects in the industry is not at a satisfactory level.One of the major causes of higher failure rate is lack of good project management practices. Projects are implementedapplying five phased project management lifecycle namely; initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling andclosing. A number of critical success factors influence the performance of these phases. This article aims to examine theeffect of people factors on execution performance of software development projects in Sri Lanka. Main people factorsconsidered are, project manager experience, team capability, user contribution, and customer contribution. Data wascollected from 298 managers using a web based tool. The reliability of the data was analyzed using Cronbach's alphacoefficient. The relationship between variables was measured using Pearson correlation test. Regression analysis was usedto ascertain the effect of variables. The results indicate that Team capability is significant predictors of executionperformance of software development projects in Sri Lanka.

Duimnda Weeraratne, Prof. Dr. Md Gapar Md Johar, Prof. Dr. Ali Khatibi, Dr. S. M. Ferdous Azam, “EFFECT OF PEOPLE FACTORS ON EXECUTION PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN SRI LANKA”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 92-102, January 2019.