Avoiding Project Disaster: Titanic Lessons for It Executives (Lessons from History)
by Mark Kozak-Holland
Sales Rank: 695498
List Price: $44.95 $44.95 At Amazon
Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Multi-Media Publications Inc; 2 edition July 30, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1895186730
ISBN-13: 978-1895186734
Product Dimensions:
9.9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Customer Reviews & Comments When I first saw the title of this book I had to smile at the thought of the big IT projects with which I have been associated that subsequently sank as though they had run into an iceberg. An example though of how this book approaches comparing the Titanic with an IT project: One way to get an advance notice of an iceberg ahead is to pull up a bucket of sea water and get its temperature -- it's colder around the iceberg. A sailor was assigned to do this. He was observed filling the bucket with tap water, as the rope he was given was too short to reach the sea. The IT meaning - set up tests, but make sure the tests are real and that the results of the tests are based on real data not what is easy to obtain or pre-determined by other means. This book is an easy-reading, light-hearted approach to illustrating some real truths about how projects (not only IT projects) really work. You'll pick up a few ideas about why the last project was so late and over budget, and perhaps your next project will go better.
