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How much planning is enough? — Principles of Making - Dineth's Blog - Dineth Mendis
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I can see this from both sides. Luke is right when he says that you can plan as much as you want but there will still likely be errors, but then if you can mitigate some of those errors and it's less of a deal now vs. fixing it in the future then best to take your time. Well-written👍
I like this highlighted quote in the article:
I think that is a really useful question to ask yourself and your team as you move forward and iterate. You really have no idea what to optimize until you have something working end-to-end.
Something I noticed in a lot of my past projects is that people tend to think about delivery as something that happens at the end. That adds a lot of pressure to get to get things right from the start. If projects can think of "outcome delivery" and "end of project" to be different things, learning can be had so much earlier before all the polishing starts.
Asking the "what can we do in half the time" can help to surface some of these.
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Thx for the comment, I wrote the post.
Wise words. I don't work with tech but I can see how this translates to planning in just about any industry. Sometimes you just have to move forward knowing things can still go wrong and other times taking your time to iron out potential issues is the best way to save time and money in the future. Food for thought indeed.
Gives me lots of insight, thanks for sharing!