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It seems straightforward to present the tradeoff in a formulation that statisticians can understand, eg. the expected value of an 80% correct solution that ships now is higher than a 100% correct solution that will take 3 months. The opportunity cost of the extra care often only really pays off for security-sensitive code, like crypto, where the cost of failure is potentially catastrophic.