Comments on: Changes Are Expensive http://littlesquare.com/2007/12/changes-are-expensive/ Just a little square in a sea of blogs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:58:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Abhijit Nadgouda http://littlesquare.com/2007/12/changes-are-expensive/#comment-110 Abhijit Nadgouda Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:01:30 +0000 http://www.jordens.org/2007/12/10/changes-are-expensive/#comment-110 Thanks for extending the discussion. As you guessed right, I am in India, but I have not been doing a lot of outsourced work. I have been involved in writing some APIs which end up in other developers' hands, and that is when the test suites are useful. As you hinted, they might not be suitable for the end users. I wholeheartedly agree with you about being a proactive individual, and that I think can ease a lot about making changes. When I wrote this, I came across more than a couple of instances where the change was measured in the lines of code. I think that is a poor measurement. The impact can exceed much farther, and I believe can be much fatal. Changes are of course inevitable, but it equally important to be prepared for changes and realize that every change will have a cost, however small it is. This realization can help managing the work much better. Thanks for extending the discussion. As you guessed right, I am in India, but I have not been doing a lot of outsourced work. I have been involved in writing some APIs which end up in other developers’ hands, and that is when the test suites are useful. As you hinted, they might not be suitable for the end users.

I wholeheartedly agree with you about being a proactive individual, and that I think can ease a lot about making changes.

When I wrote this, I came across more than a couple of instances where the change was measured in the lines of code. I think that is a poor measurement. The impact can exceed much farther, and I believe can be much fatal.

Changes are of course inevitable, but it equally important to be prepared for changes and realize that every change will have a cost, however small it is. This realization can help managing the work much better.

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