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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by bobthepanda on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:12AM (#34954183)
If anything, complexity probably increases exponentially as you have to consider ever more permutations of possible project.
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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by japaneseminisub on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:58AM (#34955056)
I agree, and think that this should be incorporated into the cost.

Ie, a project twice as complex should be 5x the cost due to the additional management, comms overhead, permutations and potential risk.

Said another way the curve is logarithmic and there's a theoretical upper bound on project complexity.

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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by Retric on Monday February 27, 2023 @08:22AM (#34956081)
Total project complexity isn’t the relevant metric here, a project with 100x the budget has more people managing it any many decisions don’t make it to the top.

Also, if a 2x as complex a thing takes 10x the budget then that scaling is already part of the budget figure.

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