Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Message-ID: <5022AB7D.56327.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5022AB7C.56325.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5022AB7C.56325.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 22787768 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 d2a5a668 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 32 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:04:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344452655 69.21.70.65 (Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:15 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:15 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17377 To: Gene Wirchenko From: Lew Gene Wirchenko wrote: > Lew wrote: >> So the data indicate that many projects fail to satisfy the requirements, >>or even see deployment, with good evidence that it's the majority of projects. > > Sometimes, what requirements? The requirements those projects were instituted to fulfill, of course. >>The majority of *multi-hundred-million dollar* projects. >> >>Is that on purpose? The data I've seen don't say. > > I have read posts by Lynn Wheeler (a long-time IBMer) of the > effect of companies having found that they can make more on marge > projects by not getting it right the first time. Those are anecdotes. They might even be credible and accurately describe the motivation for some projects of his experience. They aren't enough data to generalize about the degree of this practice. -- Lew --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24