It is only mismanagement if it is judged by common goals such as returns for investors and shareholders or meeting deadlines for release to customers. Instead S

It is only mismanagement if it is judged by common goals such as returns for investors and shareholders or meeting deadlines for release to customers. Instead Star Citizen gives priority to the quality and richness of experience and have allowed that to determine the schedule. Under any circumstances buying into a software prerelease is high risk. In this case the project lead has described this as his dream project and spoken of how quality will drive the schedule. Expecting such a strategy to deliver early or even on time seems optimistic.