Software development consulting

created on 2007-02-24

The life cycle of a software development project with a consulting organization.

How the customer imagined it
How the customer described it
What the salesperson thought they wanted
What the salesperson told them it would be
How the architect designed it
What development believed the architect was describing
What development began to build
What marketing envisioned and advertised
The deadline
What the initial budget could buy
What happened when management realized what development was doing
The new approach
Portion of original code that can still be used
Development has a working prototype far behind schedule
What the testers did to it
Development cycle and costs
The final product after a few more iterations of the process
How the project was documented