Running agile delivery inside a fixed budget
Fixed budgets and iterative delivery are compatible if scope is the variable. Fixing all three is what causes trouble.
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Delivery
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Requirements gathering: asking better questions
People describe solutions rather than problems. Getting to the underlying need is most of the analyst's job.
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Selecting a technology vendor without relying on the demo
Demonstrations show the path the vendor has rehearsed. A structured evaluation shows how the product handles your awkward cases.
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Estimating software you have not built before
A fixed price on genuinely novel work is a negotiation about who absorbs uncertainty. There is a more honest structure, and clients increasingly prefer it.
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Communicating with stakeholders when a project is in trouble
Projects rarely fail suddenly. They fail slowly while everyone hopes it will recover, and the communication failure is what makes it terminal.
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What technical due diligence actually examines
Investors and acquirers ask us to assess technology quickly. The findings that change valuations are rarely the ones founders expect.
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Choosing a software development partner
The differences that matter between suppliers are rarely visible in a proposal. Here is what to ask about instead.
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