Internet Librarian #intlib10 fail share learn panel failures in new projects
1. Failures in New Projects
Computer Time Management to
ditch the clipboard…It didn’t go as
well as I had hoped
What I learned from a
failed open source
project
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2. Failures in New Projects
•Capital Improvement Project
Funds insufficient
•Let’s Try Open Source!
•3 Months to develop
•Product Lasted Five Minutes
Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolmansaxlil/5005232512/
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3. Failures in New Projects
Lessons Learned
Treat every project like a
Request for Proposal
Get the details/get more
specific
Who implemented? What
happened? How do they like
it?
Prepare for Success/Prepare
for Failure
Bookmachine project