On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:18:38PM -0000, Peter Kay - Syllopsium wrote: >> From: "Jason Dixon" <ja...@dixongroup.net> >> People always say this but never mean it. I have proof, and I'm sure >> Theo does too. You have no idea how much a real feature costs to >> implement. When you present them with the costs they always balk. > > To be fair, some of them do mean it, but just don't understand the cost of > development. Others don't think about it and are caught up in zealotry. > Some /think/ they're happy to pay, but when they actually have to put > cash on a table suddenly realise they don't want it that badly. > > Not that this helps a great deal when the end result is almost the same.
You're right, it doesn't help. It hurts. It gets users' expectations artificially inflated and puts unwanted pressure on developers to deliver something that they don't have the resources to work on. -- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net/
