#041 - All I want is a little change to the Project Scope...
Update: 2014-04-21
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The Cost of Change
We have all heard about how the
cost of change increases exponentially the further you are along the
path of project delivery. If the unit of effort is, say, (1) at
requirements stage to accommodate a feature change, in design it
increases to (10x), in development
it increases to (100x) and once delivered it may increase again to
(1000x) or more. Or perhaps a different scale applies to your project,
but you get the idea.
The same rules apply when you are doing construction, when scope becomes
set in stone - or at least in concrete. Changes are easiest when you
are still talking with the architect and drawing up the first set of
plans on a napkin, but after they have been formally submitted for
review and approved by Council, it gets more complicated and costly. Any
changes to the approved plans require rework by the architect, then a
review by another dozen or so eyes, and when that is done, it needs to
get re-approved by the city planning department. Oh, and to top it all
off, yet another cheque written out to the builder to pay for the change
in scope.
Listen to the podcast or read the full article on Gazza's Corner Blog.
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