Re: if there are any questions
This is true of almost any collaborative project, irrespective of size (I've only been involved with small ones) or industry.
The cynical voices asking "what if" and "how can we be sure" will be silenced by senior managers from the different quarters,who are committed to get said project completed within a promised time frame that was chosen to please their managers, the council, the board or whoever, rather than a realistic estimate. And within a budget, ditto.
So that when it's completed there will be doors hanging off, IT missing because the figures were fudged so that, say electronic security was built in, but without enough finding budget to pay for it, the fire exit will open onto the bin areas, so that no one can get out because they promised to sort out the bins later ( this not being an important aspect, it's only bins after all, until, of course reality sets in), the cupboards won't be big enough to hold the kit, there's a water pipe where the toilet is meant to go, the green heating/cooling system will be inadequate, because no one listened when a staff member pointed out that the large doors do actually have to be opened several times a day, and so on.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
