We have all heard about the Iron Triangle; Good-Fast-Cheap, pick two!
True, very true, but that was back when a mobile phone meant the police car radio, gas was 65 cents a gallon, and owning a 19” color Sony Trinitron TV was very cool.
The Iron Triangle is not, and can’t be true in 2019. Advances in software engineering methodologies, architecture, tools, and platforms, and a very skilled workforce negated the false necessity of the Iron Triangle ‘pick 2’.
Another reason for the ‘rusting’ of the Iron Triangle is the business demand for a more efficient and effective software engineering output. It is no longer acceptable, or tolerated to hide behind the ‘pick 2’ mantra.