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The issue is that budget size requires more code, (eg. if you have a budget you need to spend it), and spending it requires hiring programmers. You can't take o
by fleitz 15y ago
The issue is that budget size requires more code, (eg. if you have a budget you need to spend it), and spending it requires hiring programmers. You can't take on a $10 million dollar project and tell people you're hiring 4 programmers and that the project will be done in a few months. You need to hire 100 programmers and tell people it will take a year.
Basically, it's a symptom of the idea that work expands to fill time, agile works IMHO because it avoids spending time that doesn't need to be spent.
- jacques_chester 15y agoThis is one of those chicken-and-egg, correlation-is-not-causation problems. Does big 'size' cause a big budget, or do big budgets cause blooming 'size'? A bit of both I'd wager.
- aaronfreeman 15y agoThat reminds me of a little fable I've always found humorous: The Parable of the Two Programmers http://www.csd.uwo.ca/staff/magi/personal/humour/Computer_Audience/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Two%20Programmers.html http://www.csd.uwo.ca/staff/magi/personal/humour/Computer_Au...