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Why have your software development projects failed?

I am looking for war stories about why software projects you were personally involved with failed. The more disasterous, costly, or instructive, the better. Good responses should include the size of the project (size of team, length of time, etc) and an answer more specific than 'insufficient planning'. Bonus points for a well-thought...

Newbie: Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition: How do I see more than "Reporting" project type?

I just bought a VS 2008 Standard license upgrade. (I was using the integrated shell for learning F# and express edition for c#. ) I performed the install, re-booted, and when I click file->new->project ... all I get is the choice for "Reporting" project type under C#. IS there a way to expand the number of choices for the various projec...

Project Suggestion for ASP.NET MVC

I was thinking that i wanted to gain some experience in the new asp.net mvc and some asp.net ajax. So i'd like to get some project suggestions that would suite for this! Would maybe be fun to create a little bigger project on codeplex, like the storefront project. ...

No PHP for large projects? Why not?

I've read a few posts where people have stated (not suggested, not discussed, not offered) that PHP should not be used for large projects. Being a primarily PHP developer, I ask two questions: What defines a "large project"? Why not? What are the pitfalls of using PHP I run a small development team and I know from experience the qu...

Packages in Eclipse/CDT

Is it possible in Eclipse to have some kind of packages (sets of projects) when using CDT projects? We have separated our software in such packages and use VS2005 with .sln files for the Windows parts. At the moment I see only two ways to manage the projects in Eclipse: Put all together into a single workspace and loose the package or...

Making a Difference @ Open Source Projects

Can I make a difference at an open source project? I haven't gotten a degree or anything but I am really interested in computer science and I have most of the fundamentals down. Is there a project I can make a difference at? If not, any sites where I can further my knowledge and review the fundamentals (advanced concepts as well) of c...

ASP.NET: Web Site or Web Application?

When I start a new ASP.NET project in Visual Studio 2008, I can either create a new ASP.NET Web Site or an ASP.NET Web Application. What's the difference between these two project types? Why would I choose one over the other? If I'm using Visual Studio 2005 instead of Visual Studio 2008, is the answer different? If I'm using Visual St...

Company seeking my personal projects during non-work at home?

Ok, so I'm building "Web 2.0/3.0" sites to make extra money. I currently run my own personal project sites with some advanced technology in the backend (AI stuff, recommendation system) that I've developed over the years. It's a subscription site for me to make money on the side. Now, my company (they do web application/software technol...

I am looking for good projects in python.

I' am looking for good projects in python. can anyone give me ideas? where can i look for open source projects in python? ...

PPM - Project Portfolio Management

Hello, What is your company solution for PPM (managing projects, demands, timesheets, etc)? And what is your experience with it? I'm trying to know about the tool prespective and not your company's particular business process. Regards for you all! ...

How to fight project-fatigue?

Possible Duplicate: How do you stay motivated on long projects? Exact duplicate of this question. How do you keep motivated on lengthy projects and battle project-fatigue? ...

Best way to recruit a virtual team to a "garage" software project ?

I have a working prototype for a killer app implemented in C# for Windows Mobile. It needs to be packaged into a commodity and efficiently sold. Possibly also converted to a web-centric platform. Now I'd like to assemble a community of seasoned, possibly semi-retired IT professionals. They should be willing to work for fun and free, wi...

Do you risk analyse your projects?

Do you use risk analyse methods when starting new projects? I love when fresh ppl start working at the company, they have so much theory they learn and want to implement when they start to work. Risk analysing, project management, coding standards, documentation standards and so on. (Then the reality hits them, most customers will not p...

what public service project would you create ...

if you had 4 software developers any open source software server hardware internet connection for hosting 100 person days in which to do it? ...

How to access information entered during setup? (VS2008 setup project)

I added a simple dialog window to the install's UI with textboxes. How do I find out what the user entered? @Mitch Wheat: Thank you. I managed to solve the problem with your help. But I think you failed to mention that I need to use the CustomActionData property of the Custom Action. ...

What projects do you feel sorry for?

What big projects do you know about that never hit the mainstream? I feel sorry for haXe and OpenLaszlo because people put so much work into them and they never got a user base large enough to become big hits. ...

Why do many software projects fail today?

As long as there are software projects, the world is wondering why they fail so often. I would like to know if there is a list or something equivalent which shows how many software projects fail today. Would be nice if there would be a comparison over the last 20 - 30 years. You can also add your top reason why a software project fail...

Guide in organizing large Django projects

Anyone could recommend a good guide/tutorial/article with tips/guidelines in how to organize and partition a large Django project? I'm looking for advices in what to do when you need to start factorizing the initial unique files (models.py, urls.py, views.py) and working with more than a few dozens of entities. ...

Of all the commercial projects you've personally worked on, how many have been canned/succeeded?

I don't mean personal projects. I mean projects where there were a number of people involved and business dollars were spent. ...

What's the best way to structure a project ?

Hi, I was wondering about how I should structured my projects. We have some projects that are (re)use in other projects. I mean, our data project and model project are use in one-to-many other projects. What I really what to know is how to structure this type of project, what the best way to name it ? In a standard 3-tier applicatio...