Was newbie contractor question Scope of Agreement/Letter of Intent

[sclarke -at- nucleus -dot- com]

Hello everyone:

My thanks to all who chose to respond to my question. I really got some
good advice and it's much appreciated. I guess the responses were diverse
but the themes were common. I'll try to summarize.

It sounds as if most folks have had some experience with changing project 
expectations-- which one individual dubbed the "moving target" syndrome.
Personally I liked that. Most of you who responded seemed to expect that
some variations/changes in project timelines and goals were to be
expected. I agree this is natural.

Someone suggested that it would be difficult to get a "leopard to change
its spots" and that following each verbal dirrective I should email that
individual with cc's to all who will be affected by the changes in
implementation. I really liked that idea because this is definitely a
situation where the right hand and the left hand are very disconnected. I
could see this being effective. Also someone suggested that it may be a
good idea to confirm the verbal directive in a follow up email and explain
the impact of the verbal directive on the overall scope of the project.
They further suggested that this could be done by pointing out how much
more time it will take or how much more money it would cost etc. Again, a
very useful suggestion I think. I think this could be quite effective in
my situation.

Another person suggested that it might be time to move onto greener
pastures. I dearly would love to do, exactly, just that. In a moment of
temporarity insanity, however, I very very foolishly agreed to the short
contract extension and they have it in writing in electronic format. As
far as I understand...I'm now obligated to follow through.  My lawyer, at
least, takes the position that I'm committed and can't renege.

Thanks very much again.

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