Re: Ever wonder why techwhirler lives seem so crazy?

[Charles E Vermette <cvermette -at- juno -dot- com>]

Geoff Hart quoted the following:
 
<<<"About 75 percent of software teams begin their projects by 'jumping
straight into
the coding without planning or designing the software first'...Notably,
28 percent of the projects
succeeded (that is, the projects were completed on time, on budget, and
with
most of the specified features and functions)...>>>
 
Anyone else note that if you add 75 percent and 28 percent you get
something close to 100 percent?  Maybe, just maybe, then ones that
succeeded were the ones that planned...
 
In any event, I'd *love* to see the success rates of the teams that
planned versus the ones that didn't...
 
-Chuck

Charles E. Vermette
85 Washington Park Drive, Norwell MA 02061
781-659-1836
e-mail: cvermette -at- juno -dot- com
web: http://www.charlesvermette.com

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