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Requirements change in non-software projects but rarely do they change the project into a completely different category like "I know we started building an offi
by ElevenLathe 4y ago
Requirements change in non-software projects but rarely do they change the project into a completely different category like "I know we started building an office tower and it's halfway done, but now the client wants it to be an airport." This happens in software all the time.
- JohnFen 4y agoDo you know why construction projects don't get huge last minute changes very much? Because every change request is a billable event. Software companies don't do this much. I've worked at only one that charged for changes, and -- surprise -- such changes were very rare.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoYup, in fact this is the strategy for profit maximisation for many, many construction companies. You look at the plans/requirements and if you spot loads of missing things you bid a low price with high prices for changes and make loads and loads of money. Source: this is what my Dad did for a living, and I spent a couple of years doing it in my twenties.
- Delphiza 4y agoIt is also the strategy for profit maximisation for many, many software companies. "Change request" is a big deal in outsourced enterprise software dev. It is so bad that 'honest' software development groups that estimate accurately and don't have a culture of change requests cannot compete.