With today's budgets and deadlines, the must-haves are a given, and a project might be able to pick up a few of the nice-to-haves.

根据目前的预算和最后期限，“必须拥有” 的要求是预先确定的；一个项目也可以选择一些 “最好拥有” 的要求。

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This however, is rarely the fault of the developers, who are usually having to work with minuscule development times, brutal deadlines and low budgets.

这其实不能完全责怪游戏开发者，因为通常他们都是在“预算低”“周期短”的恶劣条件下进行开发的。

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When faced with change, these entrepreneurial companies do not try to formulate projects with precise budgets, deadlines, and metrics.

面临变革时，这种具有创业精神的企业并不会试图设立预算、时间期限和考核标准都十分精确的项目。

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The pain they inflict on staff in terms of absenteeism, turnover, and poor morale are not worth the price of meeting tight deadlines and tight budgets.

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