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> Software should be more like civil engineering, where it's normal to unleash a big team on a big infrastructure project and still have some hope that costs an
by humanrebar 11y ago
> Software should be more like civil engineering, where it's normal to unleash a big team on a big infrastructure project and still have some hope that costs and deadlines stay under control.
Since when do giant infrastructure projects meet their budget and calendar goals?
- bryanlarsen 11y agoThere are examples of it happening. The Gotthard base tunnel, the largest in the world, opened ahead of schedule and under budget.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThere are examples of it with software, too. It doesn't seem to be the norm in either domain, however, so I'm not sure that there is a good case to be made that they should be similar in this regard but are not.