Saturday, January 22, 2005

Does Not Compute

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Does Not Compute

Having been involved in many software development projects over the years, I can tell you that the reason for the cost overruns is something very simple, called "scope creep". This occurs when you allow the future users of the software to add their wishes and dreams to the scope of the project. And since most programmers enjoy showing off, they will add the bells and whistles just to prove they can. How do I know this? Because I have been guilty of it as well.

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