Why Projects Succeed: Android OS

WHY PROJECTS SUCCEED - lessons learned from the Android OS - 2003 FotoFarm Android and Chris White's Q.S. Camera Pitching it to investors (no camera market!) 2005 Pitching Android OS Google: Bigger idea + 8 people 2005- 2008 Building Shot at low exposure October 2008 T-Mobile G1 success from key decisions in time Notifications security multitasking flexibility of Decisions 2010 Microsoft bought it for ... ? just keep going built for TODAY the vision • focus • hire • work • competition • timing • luck

A hand-drawn timeline presents the development of Android, from an early digital-camera project through pitching, Google’s acquisition, the T-Mobile G1, and later success. The punchline is that major projects succeed through a mix of vision, focus, persistence, timing, and luck, while the messy chronology humorously compresses Android’s history into a motivational sketch. EN: A hand-drawn timeline presents the development of Android, from an early digital-camera project through pitching, Google’s acquisition, the T-Mobile G1, and later success. The punchline is that major projects succeed through a mix of vision, focus, persistence, timing, and luck, while the messy chronology humorously compresses Android’s history into a motivational sketch.

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