Prepare for change
Be aware of reasons why projects change
- Government legislation changes
- And requirements must be changed to suit
- The user's requirements change
- Or the user wishes to add new acceptance criteria
- Extra features suggest themselves during development
- Availability of resources change
- Suppliers and contractors fail to meet their commitments
- Risk events make time and cost targets impossible
- The technology is unable to meet specified requirements
- Corporate staff changes cause redirection