Software Product Development–the Unsolved Mystery of High Tech Part II

We’ve covered a lot of what goes wrong in the software development process in Part I. Let’s continue that discussion, and look for some answers:
THEY ALWAYS SLIP
It’s just accepted in the software business that projects will slip, particularly when the end result is an actual commercial product. The businesses I’ve been involved in have tried [...]

Software Product Development–the Unsolved Mystery of High Tech Part I

One of the most puzzling things in high technology, especially for executives on the business side of things, is the software development process. It’s the high tech equivalent to the “Black Hole” phenomenon made famous in Astronomy. Endless resources can be poured into a software development project, yet there never seems to be an end [...]