Axiom 21: It Will Always Cost More and Take Longer
Steve twenty-first axiom is a reality check for founders: complex projects, from launches to new software, tend to run over budget and past deadline, and that is not a sign you failed.
Steve Simonson
On-air link:awesomers.com/236
Show notes
Steve shares an axiom built from years of watching projects blow past their own budgets and timelines: the more complex and higher-stakes something is, the more likely it costs more and takes longer than planned.
He uses examples from software development and US manufacturing, including a regulatory change that reset a supply chain project after months of work, to show this isn't a failure of planning so much as a predictable pattern.
The point isn't to lower your ambitions, it's to expect the overrun so it doesn't knock you off course when it happens.