The ends pre-exist in the means

By the way a project is executed and the means that are available, one can predict more or less what the outcome will be. It is interesting to see the culture difference between the USA and Europe. In the USA a start-up gets often millions of investment money and the results is that successful ones grow big and fast. In Europe it is more difficult to get a large amount of investor capital and as a result, the growth goes much slower. The same principle applies to your own activities. If you want to achieve great results you need to have access to the proper means. This is not only money but also clear goals, knowledge, skills, motivated team, work procedures and modern technology. How well you are set up determines to a large extent the ends that can be reached.