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Is it worth the while when you have to spend more than weeks to do it right later? Again, in general it is not. You are citing a very, very specific business re
by gmueckl 7y ago
Is it worth the while when you have to spend more than weeks to do it right later? Again, in general it is not. You are citing a very, very specific business reason as a justification. In 99% of all cases, no good business reason exists to waste more money later. Essentially, this is what you are asking. In your example, it's either 8 weeks total to do it right in the first pass or 10+x weeks total to do it right later when you have the still unquantified extra overhead of not breaking stuff that has been built around the insufficient solution.
- skybrian 7y agoThat is actually the point of the metaphor. Taking on debt without a clear business reason is supposed to sound bad.
- aeorgnoieang 7y agoNot all spending is wasteful, even when, in an ideal scenario, it could be avoided.
- stingraycharles 7y agoYou have to look at it differently: if you hack something in two weeks, you will: - be able to switch to other, more important tasks more quickly; - allow the business to better discover what the actual requirements are while they have an MVP solution in place. Resources are finite: you only have a limited number of engineers, and the business needs to be moving forward. This approach allows you to do so, while mitigating a lot of risks at the same time. The costs are not lost: they bring back business value in terms of fast progress, and mitigates risks.