Quip
It took 300 years to build and by the time it was 10% built, everyone
knew it would be a total disaster. But by then the investment was so big
they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it has cost a
fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are at
present no plans to replace it, since it was never really needed in the
first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which
is analogous to the above.
- K.E. Iverson, on the Leaning Tower of Pisa
posted by Phoenix @ 7:01 PM
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2 Comments:
Agreed. Which is why at each phase of a project, one needs to measure 2 variables
1.) (Benefit obtained if project is continued - cost of continuing the project)
2.) (Benefit obtained if project is stopped - cost of stopping the project)
If 1.) > 2.) continue the project else stop the project and start something else!
Wish it was that simple....estimates are often easy to get....and that itself could be a project...(a lot of non linearity involved :) )
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