On 10/11/2010 07:36 PM, Darren New wrote:

> That was back when managers didn't think they could dictate development
> times.

This is probably reason #1 why software projects fail.

Today it seems that management think that working out how long something 
will take is as simple as plucking a number of out thin air. This leads 
directly to absurdities such as...

> Nowadays, where I work, nobody even starts writing the spec until after
> they've decided when the feature will be released. I kid you not.
>
> Only occasionally have I managed to convince a boss it'll be faster to
> rewrite this from scratch than it will be to add the feature you're
> asking for.

QED.

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