Re: Just one more anecdote

From: David Cressey <david.cressey_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:37:53 GMT
Message-ID: <Bk4Ge.18334$aY6.1116_at_newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>


"Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1122528667.784565.288410_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> Ultimately, we cannot begin to assign weights to the various
> potential causes for this project's failure. Such projects
> are simply too complex, and we're not in a good position to
> instrument the process after-the-fact. So we are all just
> speculating based on our particular experiences. What
> is interesting is that our experiences often lead us to
> different conclusions, which suggests to me that many of
> the conclusions we reach have a context-sensitivity that
> we are not aware of.

Two points, Marshall. This is far from weak. I think you've got to the core of the matter.

PS: I can't take credit for "is the axe sharp enough". I was plagiarizing another contributor. I forget who. Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 14:37:53 CEST

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