77 Sure Fire Ways to Kill a Software Project
Destructive Tactics That Cause Budget Overruns, Late Deliveries, and Massive Personnel Turnover
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About the Book
Are you on a doomed project? Do you really believe that spiffy SEI rating or the latest software engineering fad will save you from working long nights, missing deadlines, or having a nervous breakdown? We’ve got news for you: your project didn’t get that way by accident. It took a lot of careful planning.
Want to learn how it’s done? In this book we’ll teach you the basics of killing a project. Instead of forcing you to rummage through a bunch of dry software engineering texts to identify potentially damaging approaches, we’ll equip you with 77 tactics proven on countless projects. Even if you have no experience as a manager, we’ll guide you through the confusing maze of possible courses of action and teach you how to virtually guarantee the failure of your project—all under the guise of ensuring quality, improving productivity, and maintaining morale!
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About the Author
Daniel and Noelle Ferry have worked for Washington, D.C. metropolitan area Beltway Bandits for over twenty-five years. Noelle is the author of the women’s issues novel Lies and Raspberry Coffee (iUniverse.com). Daniel is the author of the hard-boiled mystery, Death on Delivery (iUniverse.com). They live on their farm in Virginia.