Re:787 Dreamliner teaches Boeing costly lesson on outsourcing
by jdfreefly on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @12:12PM
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I'll take planes I don't want to get in for 1000 Alex!
Seriously, think of software projects that took years longer than predicted and went way over budget. What kind of product was finally delivered? I don't want to be a seller of fear (I hate that about the US) but I won't be surprised to see serious issues with this thing when it enters service. Anyone here ever work on a 3 year long 1 year project? I have and its rare to see the attention to quality at the end of that 3 year death march that you see in the beginning.
Seriously, think of software projects that took years longer than predicted and went way over budget. What kind of product was finally delivered? I don't want to be a seller of fear (I hate that about the US) but I won't be surprised to see serious issues with this thing when it enters service. Anyone here ever work on a 3 year long 1 year project? I have and its rare to see the attention to quality at the end of that 3 year death march that you see in the beginning.