There’s an old saying in software development that goes something like, “Fast, good or cheap — pick two.” Known as the iron triangle, project management triangle or triple constraint, this concept is ...

“Good, cheap, fast. ... In the sense that design, development, and construction is a business, maybe the best close is a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Doing well is a result of doing good.

It’s summed up by the engineers in what has become a Silicon Valley aphorism: “Fast, good, or cheap–pick two ... to break this law of software development and achieve all three: quality ...

Fast, cheap, and good: always know which compromises you’re making. A version of this article appeared in the 05/22/2017 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Fast, Cheap, and Good ...

Part 14 of a continuing series, which outlines how you too can be an appalling manager. Read part 13 here. It's something of a economic law that you cannot get something which is good, fast, and ...

But the worst of them is one so many leaders seem to cling to: “Make a choice between fast, cheap or good.” Old-school rhetoric like this produces the wrong answers and leads to more problems.