It was late at night
I worked till light
The spec I promised,
I would complete
It was a mighty feat this spec I’d say
Many, many meetings,
some more than a day.
It’s perfect! It’s perfect - at last I am done!
A review I’ll schedule so I can hand it off
to the developers I will.
They will write and write and get it all figured out
A technical spec . that will lay it all out
A perfect spec that matches mine,
they can follow – without a doubt!
A review I must schedule
we’ll all tear it to shreds
this is such sport
I will beat their poor heads…
Oh, but wait that is not all we will do
We need test plans and security plans and that is not all…
We need approvals we need sign-offs we need signatures too!
A contract we have it’s done, I’d say.
I’ve checked with the customer and they are ready today.
John Hancock are you ready to pay?
No? A spec. is not enough?
Not enough?
It’s enough, I’d say.
We’ll fix all points on the triangle today.
We have a spec and we’ve been through all that
we’re ready to start – okay?
We’ll schedule a project and start right away!
You can count on our estimates they are accurate, you’ll see…
Now we can code it and test it to spec…
It will be great I’ll track it, I’ll track it you’ll see.
My plan is so perfect , sp perfect, you’ll see.
I’ve quantified all the risks and mitigated using my mitigataromator
Don’t you trust me and my mitigataromator?
It’s technical – you’ll see.
The developers are going
the code it is flying.
Line after line is compiling.
They integrate it together and delivered it to spec ---
What, you want to change something?
No, no not that!
A change will cost you
it will cost you it will!
A change will cost you a shit load of bills!
This change you must have is it really what you want?
When we fixed the triangle you promised you won’t!
We will change our Technical and Functional and Test plans today!
What impacts it will have we cannot say!
The code it is brittle it’s fragile and crumbly…
We’ve coded it all wrong now we’re tumbly!
You’ve spent lots to build it to date .
We’re 90% there – everything’s great!
We haven’t delivered what we promised you say?
An unhappy customer – today…
We did what we thought what we learned what’s right
They use the same stuff to build the bridge you drive over every night!
Ahhhhh. but this is different you say – change happens every single day?
A change, a change a change we must have… what could it be?