On Monday, December 27, 2004, at 1:22:01 AM, Mohammed Elzubeir wrote:

> I think it's not so much that I know what I want as much as it is that
> I know what I do not want. I don't want to promise a client a 'site
> that does everything' for X sum of money to be delivered in Z time..
> and then go through a long enduring process of re-learning the
> requirements.

An optional scope contract would specify an amount of work to be
done, but leave the specifics of what work, open. Much like a
contract to move any five cubic yards of dirt out of someone's back
yard. It's not a contract to move all the dirt, just any five yards.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
Wisdom begins when we discover the difference between
"That makes no sense" and "I don't understand". --Mary Doria Russell




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