We discuss scale, risk, and alternatives continually throughout a project. Having a visual representation of the conversation points can be very useful.
It’s my job to look at every leg of the software journey and point out potential problems as well as solutions. So when I give a customer an estimate, I’m reasonably confident that
Taking the time to anticipate future needs and putting yourself in a position act on them shows that you give a shit and have their best interests in mind.
I despaired of concretely estimating my project in any meaningful way. How could I put numbers on something so big, so unknown? The answer — a big Gantt chart.