Technical Debt && Collins' Stages of Decline; OR, The Exponential Point of No Return

URL:  http://www.financialagile.com/reflections/9-general/45-...

Collins model goes something like this:



* Stage 1 - Hubris Born of Success.

* Stage 2 - Undisciplined Pursuit of More.

* Stage 3 - Denial of Risk and Peril.

* Stage 4 - Grasping for Salvation (AKA Panic).

* Stage 5 - Capitulation to Irrelevance or Death.



Now, tie this to software ...

See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/foy1