Software Development Cycle (Lynsie; 25/5/00)  
-Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free. 
-Product is tested. 20 bugs are found. 
-Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing department that the other 10 aren't really bugs. 
-Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn't work and discovers 15 new bugs. 
-Repeat three times steps 3 and 4. 
-Due to marketing pressure and an extremely premature product announcement based on overly-optimistic programming schedule, the product is released. 
-Users find 137 new bugs. 
-Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to be found. 
-Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs, but introduce 456 new ones. 
-Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard from Fiji. Entire testing department quits. 
-Company is bought in a hostile takeover by competitor using profits from their latest release, which had 783 bugs. 
-New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires a programmer to redo program from scratch. 
-Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free...