Let's just slow down a minute. Any manager who doesn't want work done fast, good and cheap is a bad manager. Fast, good and cheap are all good things and somet

Let's just slow down a minute. Any manager who doesn't want work done fast, good and cheap is a bad manager. Fast, good and cheap are all good things and something that everyone involved should strive for on all projects. You can't have them all in the real world, of course. And good managers will be realistic - I think that's what this article is saying. But even given that you have to trade off some of these points doesn't still mean you don't want it as fast, cheap or good as possible given the constraints. Even if you decide to sacrifice "cheap", for example, there's nothing wrong about negotiation to still get the best rate possible.