This page provides a few stories that illustrate how doing things the "right way" will save time in the long run.
1. Release Early, Release Often
Simal released RC1, a third party reported a critical error, this prevented a buggy release but also illustrates how the fact that other projects had managed their development process in "the right way" it was easy to find a fix for the problem.
See http://code.google.com/p/simal/issues/detail?id=19&can=2&q=
