9/36 of McConnel's project mistakes

* People Related Mistakes
o Heroics
o Adding people to a late project
o Politics placed over substance (etc.)

* Process Related Mistakes
o Abandonment of planning under pressure
o Planning to catch up later
o "Code-like-hell" programming (etc.)

* Technology Related Mistakes
o Silver-Bullet syndrome
o Overestimating savings from new tools or methods
o Switching tools in the middle of a project (etc.)