I cant beleive people actually are telling the guy that letting some developers loose on this project is actually a good idea. Some issues with this approach
- How does this team with just a lead determine the business and domain rules? It sounds like the application is quite complex. Letting some freelancers go at it is the worst thing you can do for an application that is meant to handle hundreds of millions in revenue
- Long term maintenance. Who is going to do the knowledge transfer and maintenance of this application as it grows and the freelancers leave?
- Who is interfacing with the clients? With the existing software developers? Do you really think devs are going to be doing this?
So many things wrong with this approach. Please stop telling the guy to adopt this? And top sending him your emails when he is just asking for advice. Just because you want to jump onto this project as you see $$$ signs. Jesus.
- How does this team with just a lead determine the business and domain rules? It sounds like the application is quite complex. Letting some freelancers go at it is the worst thing you can do for an application that is meant to handle hundreds of millions in revenue - Long term maintenance. Who is going to do the knowledge transfer and maintenance of this application as it grows and the freelancers leave? - Who is interfacing with the clients? With the existing software developers? Do you really think devs are going to be doing this?
So many things wrong with this approach. Please stop telling the guy to adopt this? And top sending him your emails when he is just asking for advice. Just because you want to jump onto this project as you see $$$ signs. Jesus.