Hi guys,

I am an manager-becoming-developer, and I think that the goal of a commercial project should never be the fun of the developer writing code. I feel it's very important that the developers in my team feel good about the work they are doing, that they think the technologies we're using are cool and that they have freedom to build "art" code. But this is not the goal of the project. The project wouldn't be here without the customer and his requirements which leads to customer's money. He, and only he can say if the project is a success or not. Just as he and only he can say if the software project works correctly or not. IT will always deliver to some kind of business, so what is the point delivering something the business won't use ?

I think the keys in all the described projects was understanding customer requirements and management decisions. Both of them poorly done. Sorry to say, but the way I see it - some of your projects failed. Don't worry, some of mine too .

Best regards,

Cristi