Something that always seems to get missed is successful projects are linked to motivation. If everyone in the project is motivated to make it a success it's mor

Something that always seems to get missed is successful projects are linked to motivation. If everyone in the project is motivated to make it a success it's more likely to be. Use an old technology none of the programmers are interested in and they go find other jobs or not work very hard as they put there efforts into their more interesting side projects.. As an example, projects linked to fulfilling legal requirements normally succeed because the motivation is strong - failure = fine/prison time. Most projects I've seen failure where senior managnent doesn't want the project anymore but need a way of getting rid of it while saving face. Classic way is to pass the project onto another department...