Aug 12, 2009 · On both accounts, then, our response to recalcitrant evidence or a failed prediction is constrained in important ways by preexisting features of the existing web of beliefs, but for Quine the continuing force of these constraints is ultimately imposed by the fundamental principles of human psychology (such as our preference for minimal ...

fighting political battles, negotiating with recalcitrant users, boosting the morale of dejected programmers, or any of the other project-related trials and tribulations. The project manager still has to manage, in every sense of the word. The only help that the project life cycle can provide is that it can organize the manager’s