I'm not commenting on the TDD studies in terms of its effectiveness but I do know that a project that takes longer brings more programming hours which results i

I'm not commenting on the TDD studies in terms of its effectiveness but I do know that a project that takes longer brings more programming hours which results in larger budgets. If you were a company selling your services, you would be a bit more motivated to include things that take longer especially if this tugged at the emotional sense of assurance in your clients. You would also preach it to your programmers as a core practice and they would happily be converts. This goes for all the structure surrounding your project as well. I tend to see more structure in outsourcers these days and a smugness along with it. I wonder how much of it is bloatware though.