Engineering work deferred is not engineering work avoided.

Requirements, architecture, integration, assurance, and security activities postponed today often become tomorrow's cost overruns, delays, and risks.

The work remains. Only the cost changes.

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https://medium.com/@pjhillier/technical-debt-the-silent-driver-of-cost-overruns-and-schedule-delays-207cf821faac

Technical Debt: The Silent Driver of Cost Overruns and Schedule Delays

When major projects exceed their budgets or miss key milestones, the post-mortem often sounds familiar.

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