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Bingo. The #1 thing I learned in consulting is that you can't build good software if the processes and structures are wrong in the first place. Ditto with off-the-shelf software.

Something that takes a week in company 1 can take a year in company 2 purely because of organizational issues.

Rotting organizations will produce rotting software.

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Are there good books or resources that describe a good organization and how to build one?

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Deming, CommonCog