I've found many, maybe most, customers don't have a good idea of what they actually need (I only do web-work professionally; back and front end). There is a dialog and chance to apply expertise there, not guessing, or the price-padding fluff you somewhat unkindly allege. Bare minimum, while I understood you were speaking in code for some kind of ship early best practice, would be interpreted as cheap, half-baked, or rip off in most industries. Were the cleaners good? They did the bare minimum. How's the new car? It's the bare minimum.

"I need a customer contact form," is a typical requirement for a website. Bare minimum could be interpreted a few different ways there and different levels of expertise will apply different standards. That's about as simple as the stuff gets and it's still ambiguous.

Again, I did say I knew you knew this stuff. Throwing out things like "trust me..."? And CAPS? No, you TRUST me! :P

In reply to Re^9: Beyond Agile: Subsidiarity as a Team and Software Design Principle by Your Mother
in thread Beyond Agile: Subsidiarity as a Team and Software Design Principle by einhverfr

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