A project which:
- requires at least 2 otherwise competitive organizations to cooperate
- expects a basic change in human nature
- undermines the political position of those needed to implement it
- no one is willing to take responsibility for
- is paid for by one group, but acceptance tested by another group -- and the two groups disagree
It'll end in tears.
What a great list of attributes! We used to yearn for "No More Tears" architecture -- does that marketing slogan embody an AmericanCulturalAssumption?
If you're talking about a popular brand of shampoo, specially formulated for babies, then no. We have it in the UK, too
We also talk about going past the BleedingEdge and on to the PleadingEdge. :)
Or sliding down the RazorBladeOfLife
Not to be confused with MultiTierArchitecture