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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 8746142" data-attributes="member: 7031982">The thing is, the truth could so easily be either side.&nbsp; Yes, it's a complex software project, somewhere in between Wordle and Grand Theft Auto XIII.&nbsp; And certainly many organizations, many times, have failed to deliver software on time, or at all.&nbsp; But on the flip side, many organizations have delivered amazing software more quickly than expected.We don't know how many resources have been committed to this project, or how good they are, or how long they've been working on it in secret.Just basing my guess off of what tends to happen when non-software companies decide to start writing software...whether they build their own organization or outsource it, each of which carries different risks...I would predict they don't deliver everything they are saying in the time frame offered.&nbsp; But maybe they got lucky and hired just the right development firm, or hired just the right engineering manager.&nbsp; And maybe they got that part totally wrong and this project will crash and burn.&nbsp; Could go either way, but I'll stick with my prediction of &quot;late, but they'll get there&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill Zebub, post: 8746142, member: 7031982"] The thing is, the truth could so easily be either side. Yes, it's a complex software project, somewhere in between Wordle and Grand Theft Auto XIII. And certainly many organizations, many times, have failed to deliver software on time, or at all. But on the flip side, many organizations have delivered amazing software more quickly than expected. We don't know how many resources have been committed to this project, or how good they are, or how long they've been working on it in secret. Just basing my guess off of what tends to happen when non-software companies decide to start writing software...whether they build their own organization or outsource it, each of which carries different risks...I would predict they don't deliver everything they are saying in the time frame offered. But maybe they got lucky and hired just the right development firm, or hired just the right engineering manager. And maybe they got that part totally wrong and this project will crash and burn. Could go either way, but I'll stick with my prediction of "late, but they'll get there". [/QUOTE]

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