# Blindsided: The Hidden Cost in Mobile App Development - Jeff Namnum

DevFeed: [Blindsided: The Hidden Cost in Mobile App Development - Jeff Namnum](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/blindsided-the-hidden-cost-in-mobile-app-development-jeff-namnum-38168.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/blindsided-the-hidden-cost-in-mobile-app-development>)

Published: 2018-03-22T17:46:34Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [mobile-app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile-app-development.md>), [Requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/requirements.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-development.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [contractor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contractor.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [mobile-app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-app-development.md>), [requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/requirements.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>), [scope](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scope.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary explains how mobile app development costs can rise after an apparently fixed-price agreement. It focuses on statements of work, incomplete requirements, change orders, and scope creep, warning clients to examine contracts carefully and account for uncertainty.

## Source excerpt

There's a major, hidden, shady A.F. way that costs can increase during app development, and it is all in the contractual statement of work.