What makes for the ideal project? [closed]
- by Hans Westerbeek
I try to be careful when accepting assignments, to avoid mutual disappointment. So, I started to come up with a list of things that I consider ingredients for The Ideal Project: (in no particular order)
What did I miss? What did I get wrong?
Team size < 6 persons to avoid having too many meetings
Team members must be dedicated to the project
Gut-feeling-estimate (made by developers) of running period does not exceed 4 months. Projects longer than that tend to become open-ended, and are therefore not projects.
Has a Product Owner who has mandate and is well-respected at their own company and who has a real interest in the long-term success of the project.
Has no technical involvement from people that are not on the team. (yes that's you, Mr Architect That Doesn't Code)
All the usual about quiet working conditions
Exciting subject matter. Content management is just not as cool as controlling robots :)
