Value judgments, cost trade-offs, human factors, trends, market strengths and timing

In today’s world what commonalities may make the daily decisions of a software manager similar to those of a movie producer? In today’s world is it true that 75% of all software projects at Fortune 500 companies fail, that 33% are cancelled and that twice as many exceed budget by over 200%? The IBM Rational Software Developer Conference sounds like it may have been interesting based on Grady’s June 12 blog postings in the handbook of software architecture. If not already registered for IBM TV you can do so here and perhaps watch some of the noted conference keynote videos or R-Heroes episodes. Perhaps the quality that is inherently associated will help you beam some value intrinsically and pervasively to others within and external to your organization.