Kennedy's Software Project Schedule

President John F. Kennedy, in his 1961 inagural address, said:

"All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin."

The "this" that President Kennedy was referring to was a set of lofty goals for world peace, in the face of growing concern over nuclear arms proliferation. However, I think we can take these words and apply them to our software projects, as they are very much in line with the current buzz over agile software development techniques. So, I present to you a version of Kennedy's statement that you can use for your "agile" software project schedule:

"All of this application will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Project Manager, nor even perhaps in the lifetime of this organization. But let us begin to code."

Just copy the above lines into your project plans and cite President Kennedy as your example of how to realistically get things done.

J.A.W.