>It's going to take as long as it takes. [...] it may not be the whole kit If I'm interpreting that fragment right, your essay is treating "programmers develo

>It's going to take as long as it takes. [...] it may not be the whole kit If I'm interpreting that fragment right, your essay is treating "programmers development time" as a fixed rate of progress (the "9 women can't have a baby in 1 month" meme) so one answer to meet a deadline is to remove features until the deadline can be met.