Funny thing that I read this line: > Solve problems as they arise, not in advance. It strikes me that this particular philosophy, that I associate for no othe

Funny thing that I read this line: > Solve problems as they arise, not in advance. It strikes me that this particular philosophy, that I associate for no other reason than a gut feeling with US-American culture, is one of the biggest reasons for our shitty software development quality. Every successful team that I have seen so far had solved the worst problems in advance and thanks to this investment ended up with a much higher capacity for times of crisis. The assumption that problems can be solved (really, solved, not somehow worked around until things will explode in your face Tuesday next week) when they show up in practice looks like fake optimisim. Of course it takes good judgement to distinguish actual future problems from mere inconveniences and phantom issues. But that's a skill that people should try to cultivate not bullshitting their way out of responsible management with terms like "Pareto principle" and "agile".