[Year 12 SofDev] failure of SD projects - article

[Mark]

Ah, beloved CASES which used CSV for input data files WITHOUT the quotation
marks, so any comma within a field ended the field prematurely, leading to
catastrophic data-read failure.


On 22 October 2013 11:44, Robert Hind <robert at yinnar.com> wrote:

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> Also CASES which started in 1986 as an accounting package for schools and
> finally came of age as a full admin package in 200?
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> Robert Hind
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> Ex Traralgon and Ashwood
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> *From:* Allan Barnes <abarnes at aiet.com.au>
> *To:* 'Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List'<sofdev at edulists.com.au>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:28 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 SofDev] failure of SD projects - article
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>  Yes – and we can look closer to home for affirmation as well – Ultranet,
> Myki, our own purported healthcare network, etc., etc., etc.****
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> The more interesting question for me is not why they fail, but why clients
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> that the chance of success is so small.****
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *PIKE Philip
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 October 2013 11:02 AM
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 SofDev] failure of SD projects - article****
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> Very good article on why SD projects fail****
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> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/529631/healthcare_gov_website_didn_t_chance_hell_/?utm_medium=newsletter&eid=-255&utm_source=computerworld-today
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