[finance-geek]

To take this a level higher -- managers are often rewarded on quarterly or annual targets, not long-term targets. When it managed a large software team, it was very difficult to budget time/money for quality -- if I did, peers would swoop in and try to take my position under the guise of "he's overspending for the task." It takes good, strategic prioritization all the way up the management chain to build quality.