From: Jon Raphaelson <jonraphaelson@...>
Date: 2005-04-01T03:33:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Respect and Disappointment

Stephen Kellett wrote:
> In message <e4fbd4562864e49049cbfaa0fd995a6e@gmail.com>, PA 
> <petite.abeille@gmail.com> 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

Still one more step: Sell the bloddy hell out of the thing. Whether it 
be open source and your goal is downloads or commercial and your goal is 
$$, software isn't finished until it's in the end users hands IMHO.

Jon