Comments on: Planning killed the software star.

By: Alberto Gutierrez

Alberto Gutierrez — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:37:01 +0000

Hi Andrew!
That’s actually an excellent question, “how can you determine how much a project is going to cost?”, by your comment I guess that your opinion is: by planning it upfront, well let me tell you that doesn’t work… The problem is that to make a perfect estimation, is necessary a perfect and unchangeable description of what needs to be developed, and that, except if your NASA, is impossible, and not desirable.

So… Am I saying? “It is impossible to know how much is going to cost a software development” YES, but indeed this is actually something I wanted to talk on my next post which I hope I will have ready by tomorrow, so please keep tuned in the blog

And thanks for your comment!!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:49:06 +0000

[...] A plan shouldn’t be used to

1. As a contract that details the specifications of the product and their deliveries. [...]

But that’s how you determine how much a project is going to cost. If you can’t plan beyond a week, how are you suppose to tell your customer how much a project is going to cost if it will indeed take months?

By: פורומים

פורומים — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:45:23 +0000

very useful info. some people think the plan must stand still and be achieved at any cost. it is just a guideline that people should remember and try to get, but there are always difficulties that should be pre-entered into the plan

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By: AWK

AWK — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:21:34 +0000

Last paragraph: *bear* in mind. No one’s getting naked over this topic, I hope.

But yes, overplanning is a huge mistake.