> If the requirements, design, test plan and acceptance criteria are done to a high enough standard, the code can be written by a monkey.
Nice sentence. But it has 2 problems:
1) Define "high enough" - There is where good requirements start, make it measurable! (How much is going to cost?)
2) Related to "you’ll see the same building a mega bridge or skyscraper". I've seen enough cases where "unskilled labor" messed up building something. You will reply "that is why I said 'Acceptance Criteria'!". My take is: you are making it far more complicated than it should, taking totally unnecessary risks, and it will be invariably more expensive in the long run.
I mean, I've seen enough examples of cases where the acceptance criteria was not properly checked, because also the ones doing the test were "unskilled" and had received a "perfect plan". (Just look at any infrastructure disaster we have every year)
And even in the best case: you discover the poured cement does not meet the specifications. What now? Blow the thing and start over? Better to have skilled labor.
Again, my 2ct. experience: hire experienced people, who actually have done the work all the way down to the lowest level.
"If you think knowledge is expensive, try with ignorance"
Nice sentence. But it has 2 problems:
1) Define "high enough" - There is where good requirements start, make it measurable! (How much is going to cost?)
2) Related to "you’ll see the same building a mega bridge or skyscraper". I've seen enough cases where "unskilled labor" messed up building something. You will reply "that is why I said 'Acceptance Criteria'!". My take is: you are making it far more complicated than it should, taking totally unnecessary risks, and it will be invariably more expensive in the long run.
I mean, I've seen enough examples of cases where the acceptance criteria was not properly checked, because also the ones doing the test were "unskilled" and had received a "perfect plan". (Just look at any infrastructure disaster we have every year)
And even in the best case: you discover the poured cement does not meet the specifications. What now? Blow the thing and start over? Better to have skilled labor.
Again, my 2ct. experience: hire experienced people, who actually have done the work all the way down to the lowest level.
"If you think knowledge is expensive, try with ignorance"