Failing Quote by Steve McConnell

I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver.

— Martin Cooper

Failure isn't failing at the project at hand. Failure is giving up on yourself.

— Donna de Varona

The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.

— Dan Kaminsky

With software products, it is usual to find that the software has major `bugs' and does not work reliably for some users... The lay…

— David Parnas

A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.

— Steve McConnell

Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.

— Koichi Tanaka

The primary reason for failure is that people do not develop new plans to replace those plans that didn't work.

— Napoleon Hill

“We sort of understood abstractly the idea that there are only two kinds of software projects: failures and future legacy horrors.”

— Peter Weinberger

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical…

— Niklaus Wirth

Lack of planning is the cause of most failures.

— Brian Tracy

Companies fail for lack of brains and effort.

— Mark Cuban

“The Problem Is the Problem A professional does not take success or failure personally. That’s Priority Number One for us now. That our project…

— Steven Pressfield