Sometimes, when an important project is going poorly there’s a desire to start over. Sometimes this comes from management but often this comes from the developers themselves. They say if they only had a second chance and could start over then they can build the right system.
But that almost never happens. Take it from me. I’ve seen companies try many times and I can say that without exception, when a team sets out to rebuild the same system with basically the same approach, they end up with roughly the same system the started with, including the same problems only this time they have two systems they have to maintain.
