For sure, but your requirements analysis should expose this need before a single line of code is written.

In other cases, it's sometimes less expensive and more timely for a client to have the traditional 1-tier app written and in place for a while before considering a scalable system.

>>Doesn't surprise me. And why would it change? The single-tier model is still the most efficient (expense-wise) for small to medium clients with a compelling business need.
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>... until the boss says, now let's put this on the web.