Support Forums: Message List - Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 23 May 2013 06:12:41 -0400 Another case study is public transport ticketting http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:53:09 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:53:09 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:53:09 -0400 Oct 21, 2008 art src 0 Re: But how did we survive without computers in the 1950s? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Stuff like credit default swaps would not have been constructed without heavy numerical simulation tools. A very big part of today's banks business.
Yeah, and look where that got them :-) Jim]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:32:28 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:32:28 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:32:28 -0400 Oct 16, 2008 Jim Arnold 0 Re: Tax office productivity http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155
What's surprising about all of this is that someone calling himself a doctor is making specious and false claims and expecting people to take his arguments seriously.


Um, did you bother to read the article?...]]> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:38:53 -0400 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:38:53 -0400 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:38:53 -0400 Oct 15, 2008 James Watson 0 Re: Tax office productivity http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Um, did you bother to read the article? Tax office size is roughly the same as a proportion of GDP. Ie it has grown substantially in real terms, faster than population.

As to tax fraud, I doubt that there is any evidence that there...]]> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:55:34 -0400 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:55:34 -0400 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:55:34 -0400 Oct 15, 2008 Karl Banke 0 Berglas's Corollary http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:23:11 -0400 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:23:11 -0400 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:23:11 -0400 Oct 15, 2008 Nomadic 0 Software development is more like bridge design not building http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 When engineers set out to build a bridge a bridge gets built. Our water ways are not cluttered with abandoned structures that cannot be made to work; bridge building is almost always successful...]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:56:11 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:56:11 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:56:11 -0400 Oct 14, 2008 Christian Maslen 0 Tax office productivity http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 ...]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:34:01 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:34:01 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:34:01 -0400 Oct 14, 2008 Anthony Berglas 2 Re: But how did we survive without computers in the 1950s? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155
The key point which I think is worth discussing, is that bureaucrasies such as Tax Office and Banks used to get essentially the same job done with essentially the same budget without any computerization at all. Isn't that...]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:18:28 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:18:28 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:18:28 -0400 Oct 14, 2008 James Watson 3 Re: Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Also, middleware software projects by definition work with (almost fully) clear requirements (formal specification in that domain), hence middleware companies in general have more stable products.

So, imho, requirements specification...]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:18:18 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:18:18 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:18:18 -0400 Oct 14, 2008 Karl Banke 0 Re: But how did we survive without computers in the 1950s? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 The key point which I think is worth discussing, is that bureaucrasies such as Tax Office and Banks used to get essentially the same job done with essentially the same budget without any computerization at all. Isn't that...]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:58:45 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:58:45 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:58:45 -0400 Oct 14, 2008 Karl Banke 5 my 2c http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:21:53 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:21:53 -0400 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:21:53 -0400 Oct 14, 2008 Marc de Kwant 0 But how did we survive without computers in the 1950s? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:29:07 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:29:07 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:29:07 -0400 Oct 13, 2008 Anthony Berglas 7 Re: Because... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:25:00 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:25:00 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:25:00 -0400 Oct 13, 2008 William Childers 0 Re: Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Anyway, at the same time, it does make you think... There's probably some truth to the fact that government will continue to bloat and absorb any productivity gains acquired through new technology. Government wants only to get bigger and...]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:07:09 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:07:09 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:07:09 -0400 Oct 13, 2008 Michael Pasacrita 0 Bridges being built successfully, really? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51155 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:19:21 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:19:21 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:19:21 -0400 Oct 13, 2008 Wille Faler 0