Tim Bray's evaluation of the predictive power of 9 factors of technology success

  1. Management Approval	- all over the map
  2. Standardization		- another signpost pointing nowhere
  3. Return on Investment	- apparent ROI has no predictive value
  4. Compelling Idea		- weak negative correlation between buzz factor and success.
  5. Investor Support		- not obviously a useful predictor

  6. Good Implementations	- a useful predictor
  7. Happy Programmers		- a useful predictor
  8. Technical Elegance		- a handy predictor
  9. 80/20 Point		- This one is a slam-dunk

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/01/03/TPM1