There are two types of software projects, roughly: * Speculative, with the hope that the ROI will be a multiple of the money put in. These are often in support

There are two types of software projects, roughly: * Speculative, with the hope that the ROI will be a multiple of the money put in. These are often in support of revenue-generation. * Maintenance, where the goal is to keep the software useful for as low a cost possible, so they have a shoestring budget.