"Bottom Line: the closer a product development effort gets to production, the less innovation should be allowed... This is an inevitability of the cost and time constraints of product development and of the reality of completeness required for efficient production and product support."


"If I have to follow a procedure or some rules it's gonna ruin my creativity!"
- a Programmer.

"I need to have some freedom to innovate if this design is to be successfully produced… you just can't schedule innovation!"
- a Manufacturing Engineer

"How can you expect me to come up with an innovative solution if I have to meet a budget and schedule? It'll be done when it's done!"
- a System Architect

"I can't tell you when it will be finished! We're doing creative work here; so get outta my face… pal!"
- a Design Engineer