Projects progress rapidly until they are 90 percent complete. Then they remain 90 percent complete forever. If project content is allowed to change freely, the rate of change will exceed the rate of progress. If the user does not believe in the system, a parallel system will be developed. Neither system will work very well.
Benefits achieved are a function of the thoroughness of the post-audit check.
The prospect of an independent post-audit provides the project team with a powerful incentive to deliver a good system on schedule within budget. No law is immutable. Return to the Humor Page . Enhanced for Netscape 1.1 . Last Modification August 28th, 1995.