77 Sure-Fire Ways to Kill a Software Project: Destructive Tactics That Cause Budget Overruns Late Deliveries and Massive Personnel Turnover

Are you on a doomed project? Do you really believe that spiffy SEI rating or the latest software engineering fad will save you from working long nights missing deadlines or having a nervous breakdown? We’ve got news for you: your project didn’t get that way by accident. It took a lot of careful planning.Want to learn how it’s done? In this book we’ll teach you the basics of killing a project. Instead of forcing you to rummage through a bunch of dry software engineering texts to identify potentially damaging approaches we’ll equip you with 77 tactics proven on countless projects.