Before Paul and I started the company, we had been involved in some large-scale software projects that were real disasters. They just kept pouring people in, and nobody knew how they were going to stabilize the project. We swore to ourselves that we would do better
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Past project failures drove a commitment to better management and stabilization methods.
- In plain terms
- We vowed to do better after seeing large software projects fail.
- What can you take from it?
- Learn from past failures to improve future project management.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What lessons do you take from failure?
- How do you commit to change?
Another view
Past resolve does not guarantee future success.
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