Software development consulting
created on 2007-02-24
The life cycle of a software development project with a consulting organization.
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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