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Is Your Development Project a Sinking Ship?

Posted by michael on from the down-down-down-and-the-flames-went-higher dept.

gManZboy writes "Everyone knows that some software development projects succeed and other fail -- the question has always been 'why'? I'm sure we all have our favorite (likely anecdotal) explanations. Well, these guys decided to actually go out there and do a formal survey, and they've got some real data on why projects actually fail (as reported by development project managers -- care to guess where 'changing requirements' ranks?). They've developed a diagnostic formula people can use to gauge the likeliness that the project they're working on right now is (or isn't) going to fail."

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  1. Learn from the pros and never fail again! by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "There is no project failure that Marketing can't redefine as a success."
    -- excerpt from The So-Secret-We'll-Have-To-Kill-You Microsoft Handbook

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    Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.