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The Names Were Changed To Protect EVERYONE,
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This review is from: Universal Elixir and Other Computing Projects Which Failed (Paperback)
Robert Glass had a crazy idea. By studying projects which failed, and figuring out why they failed, it might be possible to learn how to avoid making those mistakes again. Thus was born a long-running column, in "Computerworld", I believe, and eventually he collected the columns into a book.
No one wants to admit having had a failure, especially a big one, and so the names were all changed. All that remains is the lessons to learn - of which there are plenty. This book is an easy read, and amusing, even if the stories, now four decades old, may seem dated today. This book should be required reading for everyone who might ever consider managing, or working on, a software project of any complexity at all. Taken together, it is an outstanding list of reasons why projects fail, and warning signs of a Project in Trouble, one that has a very good change of becoming another Project Which Failed. |
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Universal Elixir and Other Computing Projects Which Failed by Robert L. Glass (Paperback - Dec. 1977)
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