The 10 mistakes that put projects at risk of failure include:

* Never committing to project success.

* Freezing the schedule and budget before a project is sufficiently understood.

* Overscoping a solution.

* Circumventing the application development organization altogether.

* Underestimating the complexity of a problem.

* Being stingy with subject-matter experts, in which their participation is not sufficient.

* Choosing the wrong project leadership.

* Distrusting managers who have had tasks delegated to them.

* Jumping into development without enough research.

* Suppressing bad news, in which dialogue is insufficient.

 

Forrester Research

What OS is on your development box?

I think its about time MS comes up with Windows Developer version of their OS.

Windows XP is not a development platform because it does not "closely" resemble the production boxes. If we are running W2003K server and developing on XP you can't truly have accurate testing environment.

My standard requirement is that all developers run W2003K servers on their boxes.

Am I alone one this one?

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