Difficulty Finding Python Developers

[Robert M. Emmons]

> Likewise, in any project involving more than about 2 people, software 
> process engineering starts to become as critical as programming.  Things 
> like poor configuration management, quality control, requirements 
> gathering and documentation are more likely to sink a big project than 
> bad coding.

Simply understanding all of the true stake holders in a project and the 
boundary conditions they represent on one hand -- and getting a group of 
people to understand these issues and to work together effectively to 
satisfy the multiple and often conflicting conditions is always an 
enormous challange in any team project environment.

There are always oh so many ways to fail, and even when you "succeed" it 
may be only a very partial success and only in the eye of a fraction of 
the stake-holders.

I always walk away from these things feeling like it's a "messy 
business" and wondering if I could have done it a better way or have 
made better decisions or communicated better or faciliated better or 
supported people more.

Rob