IT is often cast in a dichotomy where things are either viewed as traditional, stable, and safe or innovative, impermanent, and vulnerable. There have been multiple attempts to organize these classifications in a fashion that make IT budget and planning more predictable such as various agile methodologies, DevOps, and the bimodal model.
What qualifies as success depends on the customer and producer involved in a project. A survey conducted by Scott Ambler in 2013 suggests that being on schedule is valued more than being on budget, and coding to specification is of the least concern among the three.