Planning vs. Execution: How much planning is too much?
Full Title: Planning vs. Execution: How much planning is too much?
Planning vs. Execution: How much planning is too much?
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- Author: jason.af
- Full Title: Planning vs. Execution: How much planning is too much?
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- URL: https://www.jason.af/planning-vs-execution
Highlights
- In cooking, everything is planned down to the last detail. It’s all plan, then execution. It sounds like you’re saying, “Plan everything before you begin,” and that feels a bit at odds with software development. You can’t entirely plan the surprises out of projects.
- It’s impossible to plan in such a way that surprises can’t happen. The process of working on a project exposes areas that need additional research and planning. Projects — especially large ones — aren’t fixed efforts. They’re processes.