The Trade-off Between Budgets and Quality ⚖️

by Nov 8, 2024

The Trade-off Between Budgets and Quality ⚖️

In my previous post, I talked about shifting from Estimates to Budgets for feature development 💡.

Let’s dive deeper.

Using a Budget instead of an Estimate introduces a trade-off: Scope and Quality adjust to fit the time given ⏳.

This means the business decides how much time a feature is worth ⏱️.

The developer decides what quality is possible within that budget 💰.

Sometimes it’s a quick fix 🛠️. Other times, it’s a solid foundation that will last for years.

The key difference is we don’t pretend to know exactly how long a fixed scope will take.

Instead, we set limits: “Given 1 week, let’s see what we can achieve.”

Developers? What do you think?


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Remy van Duijkeren

Remy van Duijkeren

Power Platform Advisor

Microsoft Power Platform Advisor with over 25 years of experience in IT with a focus on (marketing) automation and integration.

Helping organizations with scaling their business by automating processes on the Power Platform (Dynamics 365).

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