[webproducers] The best film on how NOT to manage a project!

Startup.com is now out on DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005N5QV/fanboy-20

For those of you who may have missed it, Starup.com is THE documentary about 
Silicon Alley. This
little gem is now out on DVD, so anyone lacking a yearbook from their dot.com 
days can now relive
the high (and low) points of working in the web industry. The film follows the 
rise and fall of
govworks.com, a typical internet startup in New York City. 

If you work as a project manager you should watch this film very closely as it 
has a number of
classic software mistakes. While it doesn't suggest solutions to these 
mistakes, it does show
textbook examples of:
- Why the sales and production teams need to see eye to eye on basic program 
goals. 
- How throwing money at a project doesn't make it any better.
- The need for on-going quality assurance during the entire project cycle.
- Why dynamic website production is really software production. 
- Don't allow the competition visit your shop!

You can almost use scenes from this film to train your upper management, 
investors, clients and
staff on how not to run a software project. Of course the main sins in this 
film are youth and a
lack of experience, but there are some deeper lessons for all of us. 

Michael


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