I read that around 75% of software projects fail in some way, and around 60% of completed software is never or rarely used. Which implies that only 10% of the global expenditure on software development actually delivers useful value on time! And even that contains bugs…
| Customer: | How much will you charge me to develop this application? |
| Software house: | £30,000… |
| Customer: | Great! Go ahead. |
| Software house: | …plus another £270,000 for all the late stuff and the stuff you don’t really want… |
| Customer: | Eh? |
| Software house: | …plus a further 10% per annum to fix the bugs we put in |
| Customer: | *!&$%*!! |
