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I would like to see a more serious take on this idea. I would like to be able to read about badly managed web projects and be able to post my own, with details
by Theodores 13y ago
I would like to see a more serious take on this idea. I would like to be able to read about badly managed web projects and be able to post my own, with details such as company names and people removed/obfuscated so that there is nothing personal going on.
Ideally, when in a situation where the project is being ran into the ground (we have all been there), one would be able to pull up a few 'other-peoples projects' that have failed due to the same scenarios/decisions taken. So things would not be personal conjecture, but a bit more evidence based. So, instead of saying 'we shouldn't do this because I think it is doomed to failure' you would be able to show that 'doing x' really can doom a project and has done so in many situations. You could then make the case for doing 'y' because it is quite clear that 'x' is just plain wrong or old fashioned.
It could also be useful if there was some contrasts, so, if a programmer found himself on a team where the product turned out to be jolly good then the reasons for how that happened could be described in contrast to experience found elsewhere by said programmer.
There could also be an award attached, quite a fearful award because company names and individuals would get their names in print. Similar to the awards for bad films etc, it would be a reputation that would stick around on the web for a long, long time.
- jiggy2011 13y agoThe Daily wtf has a number of articles like these, but I guess the problem is that you either have to change the story so much that it barely resembles the original in any useful way. Simply changing the names is probably not sufficient for people involved not to guess what it is referring too.