Think about the web and software projects you’ve completed. How many were delivered on time and on budget? How many estimates were accurate? IT projects are notorious for over-running, and here are several reasons why it occurs…
- The project is poorly scoped
- Development time is estimated by non-programmers
- Developer estimates are too optimistic
- The project is not adequately dissected
- Estimated time is used
- More developers != quicker development
- The project scope changes
- Estimates are fixed
- Testing time is forgotten
- Estimates are taken too literally
