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Because software, unlike a major civil engineering construction project, is often easy and cheap to change after it has been constructed, a piece of custom software that fails to deliver on its objectives may sometimes be modified over time in such a way that it later succeeds—and/or business processes or end-user mindsets may change to accommodate the software.
The CueCat was ranked No. 20 on PC World ' s list of "The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time". [7] It also landed on Time ' s list of "The 50 Worst Inventions", calling it "little more than a high-tech paperweight". [8] Despite its poor showing, the CueCat has been viewed as a precursor to QR codes, which have become ubiquitous. [6]
Management may desperately attempt to right the course of the project by asking team members to work grueling hours (14-hour days or 7-day weeks) or by attempting to "throw (enough) bodies at the problem", often causing burnout. The discomfort is heightened by project participants' knowledge that the failure is avoidable.
Of course this list is only for notable projects; if 80% of notable custom software projects qualify for inclusion in one of the tables, then so be it.--greenrd 23:19, 12 November 2013 (UTC) According to the article history, the page was originally created to target Healthcare.gov specifically, as it was the only example given.
But Apple was too big to fail and the company was actually able to absorb that massive hit and move forward. By the end of the year, Apple’s market value was $2.29 trillion, an increase of 133% ...
Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, [1] or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function.
A London judge on Monday overturned an arbitration award that would have required Nigeria to pay $11 billion over a failed gas project, finding the contract was obtained through fraud. The High ...
Over the last decade, projects funded by the World Bank have physically or economically displaced an estimated 3.4 million people, forcing them from their homes, taking their land or damaging their livelihoods. The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances.