From: Andrew Gabb (agabb@tpgi.com.au)
Date: Fri Oct 03 2003 - 02:00:56 EST
Overmyer, Scott wrote:
> I'm curious as to what kind of software development contract has
> "soft goals"? (other than, as Dilbert says: "doomed projects".
> Perhaps I'm rather naive, but I always thought that either
> something is a required function or performance parameter or it
> is not?
Ever tried small commercial projects, Scotto? Or really, really large ones when you can't possibly nail down all the requirements in detail in the time available (no matter how long)?
This image of 'hard requirements' is an illusion, pushed on us by academics and mil/aero/space developers. Apart from those way down in the developer pecking order, or those living in a world of their own, many of the requirements are actually negotiable, and stay that way well into the project (and beyond it, believe it or not).
Andrew
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