A friend recently shared a quote – “How come we don’t have the time to do it right but always have the time to do it twice?”
It has my vote to be framed and put on the wall of any room where folks get together to plan their product roadmaps.
In these rooms, we often find ourselves in positions where we need to make trade-offs that benefit the short term over the long term.
But, these decisions almost always result in rework in the medium term. And, when it arrives, rework doesn’t allow for any other option.
So, for the next time we find ourselves in such a discussion, here’s to remembering that they’re better off being the exception rather than the rule.
