The Standish Group's Chaos reports (the 1994 original study and the 2000 update) have caused a tremendous waste of IT dollars. Just look at tool site after tool site -- project management, collaboration, software development, modeling tools -- the numbers from the Chaos report are given as a key reason for buying particular products. These reports are heralded as verification that the software development community is in a sorry state of affairs and that we must all be unprofessional, undisciplined, and immature.
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The Chaos Report -- Reality Challenged
Posted December 1, 2001 | Technology | Cutter Benchmark Review
About The Author
Jim Highsmith is a Cutter Fellow Emeritus. He was the founding Director of Cutter’s Agile Product & Project Management practice and received the 2005 Stevens Award in recognition of his work in adaptive software development and Agile processes. Mr. Highsmith has 30-plus years’ experience as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, and software developer. He has consulted with IT and product development organizations and… Read More
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