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Why Waterfall is More Expensive than Agile for Software Development

Using Waterfall instead of Agile typically leads to higher costs across several dimensions. Here’s a breakdown of the main cost drivers: 1. Late Discovery of Problems = Expensive Fixes Waterfall: Bugs, design flaws, or user misunderstandings aren’t discovered until the testing or deployment phase—when fixes are the most expensive (sometimes 100x more than if caught…

An Agile Approach To Billing for Web Development Agencies
-a case for pay-as-you-go billing.  

Web development clients often want a set price for a set scope of work.  But project scopes are always changing.  Here’s how charging for pre-paid chunks of developer time can benefit both clients and developers.  Charging a set price for a set scope is a holdover from the Waterfall method of project management, where each…