01
Pat
“Expensive, but supported and available next week.”
The procurement deck contains a suspicious number of logos.
FIELD REPORT 009
We could build that
An $80k invoice encounters engineering optimism.
REQUEST
A vendor wants $80k/year for an internal workflow product.
02
Chris
“It’s CRUD plus SSO. We could build that.”
Estimated effort: two weeks.
03
Jo
“Honestly, I can probably get the MVP done Friday.”
Friday goes extremely well.
04
18 months later
Internal platform team: 4.5 FTE
Annual cost: technically unknowable. Vendor comparison spreadsheet: archived.
OBSERVED BEHAVIOR