Why is Making Software so Difficult?

Written by ryandawsonuk | Published 2019/09/21
Tech Story Tags: software-engineering | project-management | latest-tech-stories | engineering-management | coding | programming | software-development | agile

TLDR We think of Software Development as a pursuit grounded in logic. From this perspective it can be shocking that software projects have high failure rates - 31% in 2014. How is this level of chaos possible in an apparently logical discipline? We can handle projects more safely if we better recognise this balance. Recognising the creative side of software will also help us understand why there can be large differences in developer performance. We'll also get a new perspective on why agile projects fail less often and why politics can be so prevalent on software projects.via the TL;DR App

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Written by ryandawsonuk | Principal Data Consultant at ThoughtWorks. Hackernoon Contributor of the Year - Engineering.
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/09/21