From: Stephen Kellett Date: 2005-04-01T02:29:45+09:00 Subject: Re: Respect and Disappointment In message , PA writes >"Managing complexity: Most software projects fail to meet their goals" > >http://www.economist.com/business/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3423238 Quote from the article: "There are five steps involved in creating a piece of software: enumerating the requirements; designing the program; actually writing the code; testing it; and then deploying it. " I disagree with this. There is definitely another step to be performed. Hiring the right people. The right people for one project are not necessarily the right people for another project. Stephen -- Stephen Kellett Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk RSI Information: http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/rsi.html