The CHAOS Report: Decision Latency Theory: It’s All About the Interval. This CHAOS Report 2018 presents the root cause of software project performance. The report also includes classic CHAOS data in different forms with many charts. Most of the charts come from the CHAOS database of over 50,000 in-depth project profiles from the fiscal years 2013 to 2017. A highlight of this report is our analysis and thought leadership what makes a project succeed with the winning hand and what makes a losing hand. There are four main section is this 70 -book: 1. Decision Latency Theory 2. Winning Hand 3. Classic CHAOS 4. Factors of Success 5. Skills of the Factors of Success For almost a quarter of century, The CHAOS Report provides the most accurate and in-depth reporting on software project performance.