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wgj on Oct 13, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Plan to write big software - and you have already ...

I agree that whatever you optimize for early, you are probably stuck with later.

There are more than three vectors. "Good" could mean reliable, secure, highly functional, or many other things. Picking any three vectors and analyzing the tradeoffs helps to figure out how to apply resources.

bombs on Oct 14, 2009 [–]

Scope, money and time are what I know them as, with quality as an optional fourth (that could be included as part of scope).

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