Mac Iver Group, LP

Success of a project is often described as being on time, on budget, and performing all the expected work. Certainly you want the road construction project in your neighborhood to be completed on time, on budget and you want the entire road constructed (one and ¾ lanes just won..t do). Most engineering efforts lend themselves to these success criteria and meeting them is a reasonable, if sometimes difficult, expectation. If you are looking for your software development efforts to be on time, on budget, and to deliver all the requested functionality however, statistics show you stand a very good chance of being disappointed. But is that a failure? I don't think so.