Currently on my reading list:

Death Marches: A death march project is one for which an unbiased, objective risk assessment (which includes an assessment of technical risks, personnel risks, legal risks, political risks, etc.) determines that the likelihood of failure is [larger than] 50 percent.

A funny quote from chapter 1:

“Corporate insanity is doing the same thing again and again, and each time expecting different results.” - email from Richard Sargent to Ed Yourdon Jun 24, 1996