Perhaps by coincidence, there were a couple of front page threads last week about the cost and duration of major government infrastructure projects. But actuall

Perhaps by coincidence, there were a couple of front page threads last week about the cost and duration of major government infrastructure projects. But actually it's a recurring theme. People speculate about things like government bureaucracy, NIMBYism, and project complexity, but ultimately nobody knows the answer. And some of the easy answers break down if applied to the management of software projects.