High Risk versus High Cost

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Before XP there were two approaches. Going with the golf analogy, the first was to hit that ball as hard as you could until you got to the hole or until the customer determined that you had no hope of ever reaching it. The second was to document every possible attribute of the course, every possible risk, and every possible contingency for every stroke on the way to the hole. The first involved high risk; the second, high cost. Which would you choose?

When you don't know the scope of a project, selecting a price is a high-risk undertaking.

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