Comments on: Flaws of The Chaos Report http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/06/flaws-of-chaos-report.html Dealing with software projects in real life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve Hovland http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/06/flaws-of-chaos-report.html#comment-5217 Steve Hovland Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:49:41 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/06/flaws-of-the-chaos-report.html#comment-5217 In the construction world, a project that exceeds budget may fatally damage the contractor, even though the customer will have a successful building. The poor reputation of IT in the business in part comes from poor performance on budget and schedule. In the construction world, a project that exceeds budget may fatally damage the contractor, even though the customer will have a successful building. The poor reputation of IT in the business in part comes from poor performance on budget and schedule.

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/06/flaws-of-chaos-report.html#comment-1862 Pawel Brodzinski Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:48:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/06/flaws-of-the-chaos-report.html#comment-1862 From a business perspective even project which was delivered 100% over time and 200% over budget can still be successful. But it is not when you look from project management perspective. <br/><br/>The Chaos Report focuses not on profits software project bring, but on the process of developing and implementing projects. From that perspective significant budget or time overrun makes the project "challenged" (not "failed").<br/><br/>Yes, we could discuss what exactly "significant time or budget overrun" means, but there's no strict definition here. I know projects with half-year time span where overrunning deadlines for two weeks (which is less than 10%) would make them "challenged." On the other hand you can find projects where 20% over time isn't a real issue (e.g. because schedule was rather loose from the very beginning).<br/><br/>I believe the Standish Group knows all of that and methodology of research addresses those issues. From a business perspective even project which was delivered 100% over time and 200% over budget can still be successful. But it is not when you look from project management perspective.

The Chaos Report focuses not on profits software project bring, but on the process of developing and implementing projects. From that perspective significant budget or time overrun makes the project “challenged” (not “failed”).

Yes, we could discuss what exactly “significant time or budget overrun” means, but there’s no strict definition here. I know projects with half-year time span where overrunning deadlines for two weeks (which is less than 10%) would make them “challenged.” On the other hand you can find projects where 20% over time isn’t a real issue (e.g. because schedule was rather loose from the very beginning).

I believe the Standish Group knows all of that and methodology of research addresses those issues.

]]> By: Craig http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/06/flaws-of-chaos-report.html#comment-1861 Craig Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:21:00 +0000 http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/06/flaws-of-the-chaos-report.html#comment-1861 A similar point is this;<br/><br/>If a project is say 20% over budget or over time is that a failure of the project? of project management? Or of the initial estimates and planning?<br/><br/>If the project still makes you a god return on investment (or whatever it is trying to do) how does that equate to failure? A similar point is this;

If a project is say 20% over budget or over time is that a failure of the project? of project management? Or of the initial estimates and planning?

If the project still makes you a god return on investment (or whatever it is trying to do) how does that equate to failure?

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