You have to look at it differently: if you hack something in two weeks, you will: - be able to switch to other, more important tasks more quickly; - allow the

You have to look at it differently: if you hack something in two weeks, you will: - be able to switch to other, more important tasks more quickly; - allow the business to better discover what the actual requirements are while they have an MVP solution in place. Resources are finite: you only have a limited number of engineers, and the business needs to be moving forward. This approach allows you to do so, while mitigating a lot of risks at the same time. The costs are not lost: they bring back business value in terms of fast progress, and mitigates risks.