Category: &lt;span&gt;Cost and Scope&lt;/span&gt;

Technical Debt

What It Actually Means Every codebase contains decisions that were right at the time and are wrong now. A shortcut taken to hit a deadline. A structure that made sense when the product did one thing and does not now that it...

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April 15, 2026

Scope Creep

What It Actually Means Scope creep is a project quietly growing beyond what was agreed, one reasonable-sounding addition at a...

ROI (Return on Investment)

What It Actually Means Return on investment compares what something cost with what it returned, expressed so that different uses...

Retainer

What It Actually Means A retainer is a recurring fee that reserves a supplier’s time and attention rather...

Refactoring

What It Actually Means Refactoring is restructuring existing code without changing what it does from the outside. Same...

MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

What It Actually Means A minimum viable product is the smallest thing you can build that delivers genuine...

Legacy System

What It Actually Means A legacy system is one that still does its job but can no longer...

Database Migration

What It Actually Means Database migration covers two quite different jobs that share a name, and confusing them...

Digital Transformation

What It Actually Means Digital transformation is changing how a business operates because software makes a different way...

Change Request

What It Actually Means A change request is a written note of something outside the agreed scope, with...