The best is the enemy of good.
—Voltaire
You could imagine a perfect situation when there’s no time pressure from the client, there is no emphasis on annual performance and invoicing, and the whole project can be executed by the book, following the best practices of the IT trade. Then we would have time to develop the commissioned system so that it fulfills all the client’s wishes and to perform all the work related to achieving the desired quality. We would probably spend a lot of time adjusting ...