Blank Checks and No Deadlines! Why delivering software projects on time and under budget is so freakin hard.

We've been building software for something like 75 years or so. But if you attempt to judge our ability to produce software by any metrics used by any other industry, it is clear we still suck at it. Why is software product development so notoriously bad at delivering on expectations for time and budget? What are some better ways to do it?

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