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Dave, Jaiprakash, I have a very bitter experience with customers requiring this "extra stuff"...just when I was sure we made a "deal", everything changed, and I had to re-negotiate...eventually I spent more time negotiating than working for his project :| And please take into consideration that analysing the requirements comprises work for which I seldom get any payment... :|
My point exactly! :-D
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cykophysh39 wrote:
Things don't work like that in the real world
Actually, they do in some small cases. We have had customers lay everything out in massive detail, we have had customers give us general requirements. In any case, we always have a "response" report which lays out method and details as we understand it. In the case of the former, it is just a reformat of the customer's list and may only add VV&A if the customer didn't include it. The customer will also generate a response, either accepting, or making changes (striking documentation). Yes they can always come back and say, "we wanted this back ..." but the fact that the negotiation process is formal and on paper allows fewer mishaps. Fewer, not avoiding them, just fewer. It doesn't work for everyone, but we have to work off of formal requirements and planning, and usually fixed price. But as I said, that is the industry requirement. However, risk is laid out too in the response. Anywhere there is R&D there is a creative process in which discoveries are made, or technology advanced, that is not as easy to judge. Thus risk is associated with any R&D based change and identified specifically such that there is no question as to what items constitute the most risk to project delivery and if a partial delivery is even possible.
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