Two Gaps: Vision and Estimation
December 16, 2009
I’ve been thinking about how hard it is to align expectations between business and technical teams for awhile–like, every time someone says “exactly!” or “what were you thinking?!” when my team delivers software. Read the rest of this entry »
The miracle of software
November 13, 2009
So how is it that we can have statistics like: 75% percent of software ends in failure: over budget, late, or just abandoned? I haven’t dissected these statistics recently, but I think there is something wrong if we look at a phenomenon that has a 75% failure rate. If only 25% of efforts succeed, I’m inclined to think software is just inherently hard. The ones that succeed are the exceptions: the miracles. Read the rest of this entry »
