What? He winds up exactly where he started but with the roles of people relabeled. > Features: I want feature X and I want it on the same schedule. > Truth: W

What? He winds up exactly where he started but with the roles of people relabeled. > Features: I want feature X and I want it on the same schedule. > Truth: We need more time and since I know all the moving parts, I know that we’re ahead of schedule of one feature. I think we’ve got two weeks of wiggle room. > Bits: Two weeks isn’t enough. Can we cut this one feature that we haven’t started and no one cares about in half? > Features: I can live with that. > Truth: Sold. This exchange is "the triangle" working properly. They sacrificed some of the quality in the form of features in exchange for time. All he's done is found another way to say we need to properly prioritize application development. I believe it's addressed in The Mythical Man-Month.