THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Strength

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” - Charles Darwin


TOPIC OF THE DAY

Successful Software Development: It's Not Rocket Science

Sometimes I wonder after years of software development whether the way we work has changed very much. Sure, technology has moved on at pace, but has our approach to running software development projects.

Users remain baffled by techno speak, developers prefer to invent rather than reuse and know what is best for you before you tell them what you want, while projects often miss deadlines and exceed budgets.

Just look at the Ministry of Defence who wasted nearly £30m on two IT projects alone. The first project, a communications system for the RAF, was abandoned because of problems integrating it with other systems and £21m was written off. The second, a pay system for the Navy, was closed when it became clear the project would cost three times the expected amount of £18.9m. £8.7m had already been spent, this too was written off.



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