Management spews platitudes about 'getting it ''right'' this time'. * The customer wants it all, wants it of the highest quality, wants it for $X and no more, and wants it '''NOW!!''' * Sales people are afraid of losing customers to the competition, so they agree to ludicrous contracts promising the moon. * Developers have no real concept of how long software development takes. '''Therefore: '''Adopt the PlanningGame. ---- AdoptingXpPatternLanguage ---- CategoryPattern CategoryExtremeProgramming CategoryAdoptingXp CategoryPlanning