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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