Sinking project
I had the opportunity (?) to be closely associated with a sinking project. This project was grossly underestimated by an aggressive manager and architect. Technology combination was unique and not a usual combination. A team was formed to execute the project. As usual aggressive manager put in a very tight schedule. Unfortunately team was not ready with required knowledge and team did not had the time to get normalized. First blow to the project was architect who had full knowledge of the application and was involved from the very beginning met an accident. At this time top management also realized there is an issue in the project and schedule will not be met. External people got involved with the project team. Initial recommendation was to scrap the code written till that point, change the design and embrace technology which is proven. This recommendation was shot down somewhere in the management labyrinth. More people got involved and things started getting worse and worse. Everyone