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The problem is that you're asking them to decide up-front how long it will take, make risk assessments, getting the spec right before they have even started loo
by arkitaip 15y ago
The problem is that you're asking them to decide up-front how long it will take, make risk assessments, getting the spec right before they have even started looking at the problem, etc. It's extremely difficult to develop code like this; it's waterfall all over again. Needless to say, they are going to give you numbers that aren't grounded in reality.
- samstave 15y agoPlease educate me: How is your comment true for ANY outside developer asked to quote the development of any product. Especially a mobile app. We have thousands of IOS developers these days, are you saying NONE of them can give an accurate quote for software?
- arkitaip 15y agoSure they can give you a quote, it just won't be a very accurate one. There are entire schools of software development - lean, agile, etc - based on the idea that you simply cannot hand someone a spec upfront and expect them to provide you with all the time and costs figured out.