I've seen software engineering initiatives where the decision process was
positively Brownian.  Participants darting first in one direction, and then
just as unpredictably vectoring off in a completely different random
direction.

Of course I've also enjoyed watching the "Keystone Kops" software
engineering methodology.  Hugely entertaining, but not much more effective
than the purely random method at the end of the day.

It would be interesting to learn how many software initiatives world-wide
fail in their first few years.

--Doug

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Grant Holland <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>  I submit that the software engineering is far from a "chance alone"
> endeavor.
>
>
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