Let’s say you are on the project team of a project that had a great deal of difficulty during the requirements analysis phase and fell several weeks behind schedule. The project manager wants to try to catch up by either skipping or abbreviating some of the tasks in the logical design phase.

After all, the project manager reasons, we really have a clear idea of the requirements now, the designers and builders are really experienced, and they don’t really need the logical design in order to do the technical design. Is this a legitimate method to get back on schedule? What are the possible consequences?