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The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place

There is one big difference between a losing athletic team and a losing development team: Nobody remembers the last place athletes, but everybody remembers when a software team’s app fails spectacularly, and makes headlines around the world. This slideshow contrasts the characteristics of a losing athletic and losing development team, adapted from ‘The Geek Games’ […]

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Kim Wright
Aug 7, 2012

There is one big difference between a losing athletic team and a losing development team: Nobody remembers the last place athletes, but everybody remembers when a software team’s app fails spectacularly, and makes headlines around the world.

This slideshow contrasts the characteristics of a losing athletic and losing development team, adapted from ‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin — licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.CastSoftware.com.

Don’t be a loser. Make sure your code wins you a gold medal.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 1

Click through for characteristics of a losing development team, adapted from ‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin — licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.CastSoftware.com.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 2

‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.castsoftware.com.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 3

‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.castsoftware.com.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 4

‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.castsoftware.com.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 5

‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.castsoftware.com.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 6

‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.castsoftware.com.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 7

‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.castsoftware.com.

The Geek Games: The Battle for Last Place - slide 8

‘The Geek Games’ by Mark O’Collin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://blog.castsoftware.com.

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