There are many failure modes, and by the time you show up... the entrenched incompetence will constrain the options within current project inertia and budgets.
Usually, it is better to branch a separate "new" team in another space, functionally deprecate the old project one feature at a time, and jettison the previous team including the manager after 6 months of uptime.
Trying to untangle a mess often takes 7 times longer than simply re-building a better version with well defined use-cases. =)
Usually, it is better to branch a separate "new" team in another space, functionally deprecate the old project one feature at a time, and jettison the previous team including the manager after 6 months of uptime.
Trying to untangle a mess often takes 7 times longer than simply re-building a better version with well defined use-cases. =)