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> Failed projects spent a great portion on writing code. Perhaps because the project requirements were not known or kept changing? I'm reminded of the quip ab
by cpeterso 2y ago
> Failed projects spent a great portion on writing code.
Perhaps because the project requirements were not known or kept changing?
I'm reminded of the quip about "Why spend an hour in a meeting when you can spend weeks writing code to avoid it?"
- perrygeo 2y agoIn this case it was simply that successful projects got used, thus more bugs and maintenance issues were uncovered. It's super easy to run a web service if it doesn't have any users :-)