How many sides do you influence?

It's a Producers job to ensure project Cost + Requirements matches Time + Resources upfront. A Producer can not be held accountable to deliver a project on time, on budget if they can not influence the sides necessary to ensure they are proportional.

Too many Producers are handed a project with disproportional sides.. the math doesn't add up. If you're one of those Producers, either question the expectations for success, or start balancing up those sides.