[Sigia-l] Mother of all examples

[Donna Fritzsche]

>
>The annual operating costs of the program are now more than 20 times 
>higher than the original full cost.
>--
How many guns do they have in Canada?  How much is that per gun? : )

Whats sad is this type of fiasco happens all over (usually to a 
smaller degree.)
What is the problem?

I would point to a few specifics:
1. The wrong people making high-level technical architecture 
decisions (purchasing products before the right research has been 
done.)
2. Not paying up front to hire the best people for  high-level positions.
3. Not allowing your team leaders to put together the teams that they see fit.
4. Underestimating the time it takes too pull off  a project of this 
magnitude (including preliminary testing, beta-testing, etc.)  (I 
dont mean user testing here - but rather technical 
testing/simulation, user-testing too would be great).

Any other observations, comments?

Thanks,
Donna