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The issue stems more from how stakeholders and management don't know what they want, but they still expect tight and concrete deadlines. Either you have iterati
by Sakos 3y ago
The issue stems more from how stakeholders and management don't know what they want, but they still expect tight and concrete deadlines. Either you have iterative development with space to explore ideas and solutions which will take longer, but might result in a cleaner, more robust design, or you focus on deliverables and deadlines with clearly defined specifications. You can't have it both ways.
- sanderjd 3y agoOh I agree. My criticism here is for the widespread belief that people know what they want, and that certainly applies to management and other stakeholders. It's why I like working with management that has come up through the ranks of IC software development, because they have naturally internalized this lesson that they probably don't actually know exactly what they want up front, and are more likely to support the more humble path of small iterations. But of course you work on the project you have with the stakeholders you have!