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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4682804" data-attributes="member: 59506">Uhhm ... What???<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/worried.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-S" title="Uhm&nbsp; &nbsp; :-S" data-shortname=":-S" />&nbsp;Maybe I'm just tired, but I'm not entirely sure what you are trying to say.&nbsp;Were you asking a question of whether I think successful on time development of software is impossible?&nbsp;That first sentence, stated as a question, is throwing me off.&nbsp;Or, are you trying to say that delivering what one says they'll deliver, when they say they'll deliver it, is absolutely impossible when it comes to software?&nbsp;If so, then I'd say that nothing is impossible (even quality software delivered on time) when one has the necessary competence, discipline, motivation and will for the task at hand. These things hold true for any endeavor, regardless of the subject or field.&nbsp;I'd also say that it's a very sad commentary indeed, that so many people today feel that meeting minimum standards is considered a completely unobtainable objective not worthy of the attempt (or, as it was stated: Magic Shangri La).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 4682804, member: 59506"] Uhhm ... What???:-S Maybe I'm just tired, but I'm not entirely sure what you are trying to say. Were you asking a question of whether [I][B]I[/B][/I] think successful on time development of software is impossible? That first sentence, stated as a question, is throwing me off. Or, are you trying to say that delivering what one says they'll deliver, when they say they'll deliver it, is absolutely impossible when it comes to software? If so, then I'd say that nothing is impossible (even quality software delivered on time) when one has the necessary competence, discipline, motivation and will for the task at hand. These things hold true for any endeavor, regardless of the subject or field. I'd also say that it's a very sad commentary indeed, that so many people today feel that meeting minimum standards is considered a completely unobtainable objective not worthy of the attempt (or, as it was stated: [I]Magic Shangri La[/I]). [/QUOTE]

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