Rune Allnor wrote:

> While no one knows everything that will happen in the future, I do
> agree with you that changes in goals should be avoided, as far as
> possible, during project lifetime.

But there is a significant class of projects - at least in failure
visibility - where you beforehand can be practically certain that the
goals will change during the project lifetime: Projects which shold
manage public sector policies (i.e. payment of unemployment benefits,
health insurance, taxes, ...)

Greetings,

Jacob

PS: Isn't this discussion a little bit off-topic for "comp.arch.fpga"
and "comp.dsp"?
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