eCrane Blogging

“Overall, the more power the platform tries to give you, the more constraints they impose.”

-Kent Beck. Interview in Software Development Times article, Nov 1, 2009.

And then there’s the SD Times article, that quotes the “Chaos” study and gives some other advice as well:

http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33870

Wow! Odds are, your project is not going to succeed:

The Standish Group’s just-released report, “CHAOS Summary 2009,” “This year’s results show a marked decrease in project success rates, with 32% of all projects succeeding which are delivered on time, on budget, with required features and functions” says Jim Johnson, chairman of The Standish Group, “44% were challenged which are late, over budget, and/or with less than the required features and functions and 24% failed which are cancelled prior to completion or delivered and never used.”

http://www.standishgroup.com/newsroom/chaos_2009.php