The Bible says "there is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death" (Prov. 14:12, NLT). There is a way that God wants us to operate while on earth. He has given us His Word, our instruction manual, in order to know His ways of doing things. The three main project management goals are on time, within budget and achieving performance specifications. Should a project manager give up some functionality (e.g. technical requirements) in order to meet schedule milestones? Is this tactic particularly more appropriate or inappropriate for IT projects