The scoping conversation that stops a project going wrong in month three
Scope failures are discovered late and paid for by the engineer. These are the questions that surface them early.
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The handover that actually worked, and the four I botched first
A handover is not a document dump. The test is whether the team ships without you in week one.
The rate conversation I kept getting wrong
Quoting a day rate invites a comparison to salary. Quoting against the outcome changes the question.
Scope creep is a contract problem, not a communication problem
Being clearer about the scope does not stop it changing. A written change process does.
The fixed-price project that cost me three weeks of unpaid work
Fixed price transfers all estimation risk to you. Price it or change the contract shape.