Failure to control the project (changing requirements after the project is well underway).
Conflict of interest (getting paid more for delaying or hindering a project).
The first one usually falls under #2, Failure to adapt to changing circumstances*, and the second one often falls under #4, Failure to manage resources properly.
* in this case "scope creep" and maybe also #1, Failure to plan ahead.
I'm not surprised. The more people involved and the more moving parts you have, the less likely anything will ever come to completion.
SAP projects are a perfect example of this. Those clowns could fuck up a guestbook script, all 30 lines of it. By the time they got does it would be 550 megs of object oriented code (java, C++, Oracle, COBOL, and maybe some perl just to help make it unreadable).
There are a million reasons why things fail, but they fall into a few broad categories:
Failure to plan ahead ("we'll worry about demand later, once we have a viable product"), Failure to adapt to changing circumstances ("buggy whips will always be essential to our lives"), Failure to avoid predictable or likely failures (i.e. "develop a perpetual motion machine") Failure to manage resources properly ("have everyone working on this and not that).
There are millions of others, but most of them fall under one of these primary categories.
But there is money! The US government already spends more per-capita on healthcare than most other nations in that list, but just does not get much for it.
Yes, I know. At the same time, however, if we stopped pissing away trillions on blowing up schools, sand dunes, and hospitals we'd have even more money to spend on more worthwhile stuff.
Thank goodness our non-stop never-ending wars are free. Thank goodness we haven't had to spend trillions upon trillions that might have been better spent here at home.
Seriously, for the amount we've spent on these bullshit wars we could have given everyone cradle-to-grave healthcare. We could have fed and housed every homeless person in the entire US. We could have repaired most of our crumbling infrastructure (and created a shitload of jobs along the way). We could probably have cured AIDS and/or cancer and/or diabetes.
I'm hard-pressed to think of a problem that couldn't be solved or seriously mitigated with a few trillion dollars.
"....when China plans to offer universal health care."
Jesus, even China is going to offer universal (single-payer) health care. Incredible. I hope that someday the US, with only 1/3rd as many inhabitants, can someday be wealthy and compassionate and forward-thinking enough to offer something similar.
The ACA (Obamacare) is a step in the right direction, but this country needs to step up and offer its citizens universal health care, the same way they do in countries like Canada, Morocco, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, Luxembourg, Ireland, Iceland, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Scotland, Finland, Austria, Mexico, Belize, Trinidad, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, New Zealand.....etc etc
Maybe, just maybe if we stopped waging wars at $3 trillion apiece we'd have money for kooky stuff like healthcare.
A couple of years ago I commissioned Oracle and SAP to build me a simple book-tracking database app; it should be done by May of 2021 if we don't run into any more compatibility issues and the money keeps flowing.
Don't be surprized if what actually happens is your bullet goes clean through and leaves only a bullet-sized hole in the phone, without shattering the screen.
So you're saying I'd have to use two layers of Nokias?
"FDA Approves Drug That Uses Herpes Virus To Fight Cancer"
I have to admit, I feel somewhat conflicted about this.
And what about people who already have herpes, can they get a discount?
Disclaimer: I lived through the 1970's and didn't get herpes, a fact that I'm rather proud of considering all of the sleazy girls I banged during that decade. Luck of the draw, I guess.
At least in California, I believe you're legally required to list any needed maintenance before signing any sales paperwork whether they ask or not.
Is that just something you "believe", or is it actually the law? Because I "believe" all sorts of things, but it turns out that almost none of them are actual "laws".
For example, I believe that Sofia Vergara should be required to stop by my place and participate in my "Naked Lunch" tradition with me on Tuesdays, but sadly I cannot find that anywhere in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).
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It takes real courage to say, "This is failing, let's cut our losses now and not throw good money after bad."
Yep, the Sunk Cost fallacy: "We've already spent so much on this, we can't quit now!"
Failure to control the project (changing requirements after the project is well underway).
Conflict of interest (getting paid more for delaying or hindering a project).
The first one usually falls under #2, Failure to adapt to changing circumstances*, and the second one often falls under #4, Failure to manage resources properly.
* in this case "scope creep" and maybe also #1, Failure to plan ahead.
This is an older article, but according to the research, 68% of IT projects fail.
I'm not surprised. The more people involved and the more moving parts you have, the less likely anything will ever come to completion.
SAP projects are a perfect example of this. Those clowns could fuck up a guestbook script, all 30 lines of it. By the time they got does it would be 550 megs of object oriented code (java, C++, Oracle, COBOL, and maybe some perl just to help make it unreadable).
I would add to that: stakeholder apathy, or failure to generate sufficient buy-in.
Often falls under #1, Failure to plan ahead, and/or #4, Failure to manage resources properly.
Decision makers deferring technical decisions to project managers with a stake in defending their past bad decisions.
Generally falls under #4 and #2.
And another:
Corporate business plans focused on 'selling the company' or 'an IPO in a few years'.
Often a result of #3 and #1, but not always in that order.
There are a million reasons why things fail, but they fall into a few broad categories:
Failure to plan ahead ("we'll worry about demand later, once we have a viable product"),
Failure to adapt to changing circumstances ("buggy whips will always be essential to our lives"),
Failure to avoid predictable or likely failures (i.e. "develop a perpetual motion machine")
Failure to manage resources properly ("have everyone working on this and not that).
There are millions of others, but most of them fall under one of these primary categories.
But there is money! The US government already spends more per-capita on healthcare than most other nations in that list, but just does not get much for it.
Yes, I know. At the same time, however, if we stopped pissing away trillions on blowing up schools, sand dunes, and hospitals we'd have even more money to spend on more worthwhile stuff.
Universities exist for the purpose of educating people and advancing the arts.
Thank goodness that "educating people" would never include crazy shit like exposing them to different points of view or controversial topics.
I mean, that would just suck, now wouldn't it?
There is no free lunch.
Thank goodness our non-stop never-ending wars are free. Thank goodness we haven't had to spend trillions upon trillions that might have been better spent here at home.
Seriously, for the amount we've spent on these bullshit wars we could have given everyone cradle-to-grave healthcare.
We could have fed and housed every homeless person in the entire US.
We could have repaired most of our crumbling infrastructure (and created a shitload of jobs along the way).
We could probably have cured AIDS and/or cancer and/or diabetes.
I'm hard-pressed to think of a problem that couldn't be solved or seriously mitigated with a few trillion dollars.
"....when China plans to offer universal health care."
Jesus, even China is going to offer universal (single-payer) health care. Incredible. I hope that someday the US, with only 1/3rd as many inhabitants, can someday be wealthy and compassionate and forward-thinking enough to offer something similar.
The ACA (Obamacare) is a step in the right direction, but this country needs to step up and offer its citizens universal health care, the same way they do in countries like Canada, Morocco, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, Luxembourg, Ireland, Iceland, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Scotland, Finland, Austria, Mexico, Belize, Trinidad, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, New Zealand.....etc etc
Maybe, just maybe if we stopped waging wars at $3 trillion apiece we'd have money for kooky stuff like healthcare.
User: "Siri, who was the drummer in Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of The Moon?'"
Siri: "Give me money. Give it to me now.'
A couple of years ago I commissioned Oracle and SAP to build me a simple book-tracking database app; it should be done by May of 2021 if we don't run into any more compatibility issues and the money keeps flowing.
Oh, I'm sure. But not really, really sure.
Well alrighty then. Just checking. ;)
Wasn't the point of old Nokias that they exploded on the slightest impact? It was kind of like reactive armor on tanks...
I don't think so...the last time someone dropped a Nokia from any real height, all the dinosaurs died.
PLEASE, please don't kidnap my ex-wife who lives alone at 224 Krasten Lane NW in Milwaukee WI, 3rd floor apartment 11!
Don't be surprized if what actually happens is your bullet goes clean through and leaves only a bullet-sized hole in the phone, without shattering the screen.
So you're saying I'd have to use two layers of Nokias?
Will it blend?
Only Mr Science knows for sure...but I'd suspect it would. Might have to use a hammermill, but still...
The screen is "guaranteed not to crack or shatter." There is a difference between "the screen cracking" and "JustAnotherOldGuy cracking the screen".
Gee, thanks Mr Pedant! But are you sure? I mean, really, really sure?
all is still well with the world, sqlite is still 10x more popular than all the competitors combined.
"And artificial sweeteners were safe, WMDs were in Iraq and Anna Nicole married for love."
I don't like hearing all this speech about banning speech. Do you think they'd be willing to help me? :)
You'd fit right in. (Unless you're white, male, heterosexual, able-bodied, or not overweight.)
...next generation body armor.
I could use a vest made entirely of Droid Turbo 2 devices, but would it outperform my vest made of old Nokias? ;)
600k is nary a blip on MS' radar. That's not a punishment.
Agreed, it's not even a rounding error to those guys.
"FDA Approves Drug That Uses Herpes Virus To Fight Cancer"
I have to admit, I feel somewhat conflicted about this.
And what about people who already have herpes, can they get a discount?
Disclaimer: I lived through the 1970's and didn't get herpes, a fact that I'm rather proud of considering all of the sleazy girls I banged during that decade. Luck of the draw, I guess.
A shatterproof screen?
Challenge accepted...am I limited to the caliber of ammunition I can use, or is it unrestricted?
At least in California, I believe you're legally required to list any needed maintenance before signing any sales paperwork whether they ask or not.
Is that just something you "believe", or is it actually the law? Because I "believe" all sorts of things, but it turns out that almost none of them are actual "laws".
For example, I believe that Sofia Vergara should be required to stop by my place and participate in my "Naked Lunch" tradition with me on Tuesdays, but sadly I cannot find that anywhere in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).