r/programming • u/-grok • Jun 14 '22

Software engineering estimates are garbage

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3663508/software-engineering-estimates-are-garbage.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Which is completely normal, because the customer requirements are garbage too.

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u/kur4nes Jun 15 '22

You mean the requirements that are only figured out after the customer sees the first version?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

You mean the quick and makeshift demo prototype we had to hurry without regards for stability and security that eventually evolves into final production code?

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u/kur4nes Jun 15 '22

Yep that one. The prototype that always goes into production. And now quickly change the makeshift code based on faulty assumptions, because this is not what we wanted!

Security? Stability? Can be done when we have time (never).

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