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Re:Companies made millions building unemployment websites th... by moltar on Friday July 17, 2020 @02:03AM (#23867570)
Ok but the problem is that customers don’t always know exactly what they want. Software isn’t like architecture. You can’t always predict every possible issue or corner case.

And that’s where they get ya!

They’ll win a lowest bid contract for the exact word for word spec.

But then will bill wayyyy more for any change request. Which will be numerous obviously.

That’s how actual project costs get inflated.

Re:Companies made millions building unemployment websites th... by ilikeerp on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:15AM (#23870110)
Which is totally reasonable. I can do X work for 1 million but if you throw Y into the mix then I obviously need to charge more.

Want your oil changing? 100$ no worries - oh you didn't realise you also needed new tyres and we only found out when looking at them? That's extra.