You just started a big project with your new offshore partner. The cost savings will be great. Everyone on both sides of the ocean is excited. Then the first build comes in -- major quality issues appear. Now what? Read More »
Read More »
Startup executives have to present a business plan to their potential investors. It's required. They (the people with money) won't even talk to you without one. Why don't the same rules apply in a software project? Read More »
We all know how to create margin: Buy low, sell high, and keep the difference. It's the same for software projects. But what if your cost estimate was based on a pie-in-the-sky guestimate? What happens then? Read More »
No one intentionally plans to fail. There is a way to nearly guarantee failure, however, by doing this part of a project badly... Read More »
Projects don't fail. People kill them. A bad project is put down like a vicious animal. But what makes a project bad? Read More »