Comment by SatvikBeri
3 days ago
Do non-software projects succeed at a higher rate in any industry? I get the impression that projects everywhere go over time, over budget, and frequently get canceled.
3 days ago
Do non-software projects succeed at a higher rate in any industry? I get the impression that projects everywhere go over time, over budget, and frequently get canceled.
How many bridges have you used that have collapsed? How much software have you used that has been broken or otherwise not served your interests? If we built the rest of society like we build software, millions of people would be dead.
The reason bridges don't fail often is because they over-build them. There's no obvious equivalent with software. One mistake in a large code base can make it fail.
Bridges to go ridiculously over budget and schedule all the time, however.
the UK Post Office scandal would be the equivalent of the Morandi bridge collapsing - the big, catastrophic failure you hope to see few times in your lifetime.
but bridges collapsing is not the only failure mode for non software projects. I know plenty of newly built houses that had serious issues with insulation, wiring, painting, heating infrastructure, etc.