Short Stories and Scenarios for Innovation

For whom the bell tolled

An innovative project to produce an advanced toll road (where vehicles do not stop) required the development of custom software. However, the small software development team were struggling to make sufficient progress and there was a risk that deadlines would not be met.

In the end, the software development task was given to another company.

Lessons to learn

What can we learn?

» We often see large projects struggle to meet deadlines, so be mindful of this.

» Consider a company's track record and ability to perform the given task.

» Apply good practice and effective project management.

» Ted's Guides might help too.