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It's why contracted-for software is so awful - contractors do absolutely anything to meet the conditions and then they're gone and not responsible anymore.

• lelanthran 4y ago
  > It's why contracted-for software is so awful - contractors do absolutely anything to meet the conditions and then they're gone and not responsible anymore. What's the alternative? Never have contracted-for software? Only accept contractors who are prepared to do Agile? How does the procurer then put out bids, without having requirements up front? How do they evaluate bids from various suppliers without knowing what the final bill is? How do they shortlist the three "best" bids with no costing information? How do they even know if they can afford it? How are the suppliers supposed to submit bids without knowing what they are going to bill for? How does audit make sure that the process was fair? Once you start supplying/developing software for companies that are large enough to have a procurement department, you better believe that the process all runs on paper[1]. [1] Or the digital equivalent.