I’m sure you have a good reason for acting that way.

But the best reason won’t save you.

You know you should test.  You know you can’t overhaul your major system in two months and not expect to have problems.  You know people have limits and lives that need to be respected. 

But you have reasons why you can’t do all those good things. 

We promised management. We promised the customers.  We promised the board. It’s just for a short time.  We can fix that in phase two. 

Reasons, reasons and more reasons why you can’t do things the right way. 

Reasons don’t change reality.   

If you’re managing a team of 20 and digging into detailed spreadsheet data, you’re not going to keep your project moving. 

If your users aren’t comfortable before you go live, they’re not going to be supportive when things go wrong. 

If your team needs to work 14 hours a day for the last week to “just get it in”, their work will not be top quality. 

All this and more will still be true.  

No matter how good your reasons are.