The Workflow
There are some things that never seem to change, even in the fast-paced world of software development. One of those things is the Iron Triangle. The Iron Triangle is a natural law that pits three forces against each other:
The capabilities and quality of the system
The development schedule
The cost of the development
The Iron Triangle mandates that the magnitude of two of these forces determines the magnitude of the third, or, as it has been heard in uncounted development shops over the years: “Its good, fast, or cheap—pick two!” (In the new Internet economy the flexibility to “pick two” is often restricted. Commonly, it now must be good and fast from the customer's viewpoint. Unfortunately, from the developer's viewpoint, it may be ...
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