While your observation about bike shedding is a timeless one, what this tells us is how important it is to share a common goal. If you disagree what it is you w

While your observation about bike shedding is a timeless one, what this tells us is how important it is to share a common goal. If you disagree what it is you want to accomplish, the discussions around the definitions and terms with which the project leader described the goal will be endless. Those discussions are not bike shedding, those are the basics of getting everyone involved on to the same page.