[timhrothgar]

I tend to agree when considering _new_ projects. A new project begins with a larger ecosystem of knowledgeable and experienced software professionals. This would include people tangent to software development (project managers, designers, executives, etc). I suppose the intent for asking the question was really something like, "how could or should one institutionalize quality improvement?" Maybe that starts with 1) ensuring that the business actually grows, 2) ensuring that the software actually works, and 3) ensuring that some flexibility is baked into management of software as an asset... or something along those lines.