NDLI: The Black Death: a parallel of perilous projects

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Clark, R.S.
Copyright Year	1984
Abstract	Three years ago (1995), the author came across P. Ziegler's book, The Black Death (1988). Being an avid history and anthropology enthusiast, he snatched it up for its cultural and historical relevance to the European society of the Middle Ages. Much to the author's surprise, he discovered how well the author's description of this tragic event parallels his own observations over the last 20 years (1978-98) of failing software projects and companies. While the specific characteristics and manifestations exhibited during 1347-1353 AD may differ with those in today's commercial organizations, the basic underlying human responses are much the same. These responses are triggered by extensive exposure to stress and the sudden irrelevance of what had always been accepted as business as usual or "the process". The author examines some interesting parallels in their historical sequence.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society
Starting Page	60
Ending Page	61
Page Count	2
File Size	68014
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07407459
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-03-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Diseases Humans Cities and towns Project management Production Tin Missiles Biomedical imaging Radio access networks Costs
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Software

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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