10 Signs Your Software Project Is Heading For FAILURE

Is your software project on the path to success or heading toward software project failure? In this episode, Dave Farley explores 10 critical warning signs that indicate trouble in software development and project management—plus practical solutions to get back on track. From flawed planning and bloated teams to slow feedback loops and a focus on process over outcomes, we break down the biggest mistakes that derail even experienced programmers. Whether you’re working in Java, Python, C#, or any other language, understanding the step-by-step software development process is key to avoiding costly pitfalls. Drawing from principles of modern software engineering and continuous delivery, this video provides actionable insights to help you write better code, manage teams effectively, and improve your approach to software engineering. Learn how to optimize workflows, improve agility, and ensure that your coding efforts deliver real value. Don’t let your next software project become another statistic—watch now and take your programming skills to the next level! - Need some advice setting up your software project for success? Here is a FREE pdf guide including all my top tips on how to start a new project. DOWNLOAD HERE ➡️ https://www.subscribepage.com/new-project-guide - ⭐ PATREON: Join the Continuous Delivery community and access extra perks & content! ➡️ https://bit.ly/ContinuousDeliveryPatreon 🎥 Join Us On TikTok ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@modern.s.engineering - CHANNEL SPONSORS: Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 TransFICC provides low-latency connectivity, automated trading workflows and e-trading systems for Fixed Income and Derivatives. TransFICC resolves the issue of market fragmentation by providing banks and asset managers with a unified low-latency, robust and scalable API, which provides connectivity to multiple trading venues while supporting numerous complex workflows across asset classes such as Rates and Credit Bonds, Repos, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Interest Rate Swaps ➡️ https://transficc.com Tuple is a remote ensemble and pair programming app for macOS and Windows, designed to make you feel like you're collaborating in person. It’s got loads of developer-specific touches you just don’t see with generic screen-sharing tools. Check out Tuple HERE ➡️ https://tuple.app/cd Honeycomb is the observability platform that enables engineering teams to find and solve problems they couldn’t before. Query everything at once, fast enough to keep your train of thought, and connect your whole system and your teams ➡️ https://bit.ly/CDHC RAD Studio is an IDE developers use to build compelling single-source multi-platform high-performance native applications in Delphi and modern C++ using powerful visual design tools and integrated toolchains. START YOUR FREE TRIAL HERE ➡️ https://bit.ly/rad_cd - 👕 T-SHIRTS: A fan of the T-shirts I wear in my videos? Grab your own, at reduced prices EXCLUSIVE TO CONTINUOUS DELIVERY FOLLOWERS! Get money off the already reasonably priced t-shirts! 🔗 Check out their collection HERE: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Uby9iA 🚨 DON'T FORGET TO USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE: ContinuousDelivery - 🔗 LINKS: “The Value of Small Teams” ➡️ https://www.qsm.com/risk_02.html “DORA Metrics” ➡️ https://dora.dev/guides/dora-metrics-four-keys/ - BOOKS: Accelerate, The Science of Lean Software and DevOps, by Nicole Fosgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim ➡️ https://amzn.to/2YYf5Z8 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible. 📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines NOTE: If you click on one of the Amazon Affiliate links and buy the book, Continuous Delivery Ltd. will get a small fee for the recommendation with NO increase in cost to you. - #software #softwareengineering #developer #programming #code