Large and complex projects such as construction of highway bridges or construction of aircraft are usually delivered on time and within budget. However, software projects are often not. IEEE Spectrum September 2005 Issue has three feature articles on this issue. One of them is:
Why Software Fails — The reason that software project go away are well know. Yet failures, near-failures, and just plain old bad software will continue to plague us. By: Robert N. Charette
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