Is Your Development Project a Sinking Ship?

Posted by michael on Tuesday January 4, 2005 @08:30AM 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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IE Team by CypherXero · 2005-01-04 08:32 · Score: -1, Flamebait

I think the Internet Explorer team should read this study...
Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-04 08:35 · Score: -1, Flamebait

no, if you want to go collect your fucking unemployment check right now, knock yourself out...
Learn from the pros and never fail again! by Dystopian+Rebel · 2005-01-04 08:42 · 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.