Wasting effort for sake of contract
Nobody wants their work go waste. But most of us would have worked hard to develop something which is definitely not going to be used. It is like building a igloo in Sahara desert. It will just melt away as soon as it is done. Many times there are situations where we have to develop some features in the application which we know are not useful. Customer also knows it cannot be used. But it will be part of the agreed requirements to be developed. To meet the contract you just develop those small things and spend time testing those are working fine. It sounds funny. But it is very cruel and waste of money. And it happens in most of the projects. No developer likes his work go for waste. They would have got paid for doing it. But to develop a good software it requires more than coding. Only when the team puts their mind and heart together good software gets developed. If you need good software then do not waste the effort. Wasteful effort is usually result of contracts. Otherwise no perso