>I am doing a project with some friends in college and we had about a 6 hour discussion last night of all the possible use cases and "what if's." Take what I'm

>I am doing a project with some friends in college and we had about a 6 hour discussion last night of all the possible use cases and "what if's." Take what I'm saying as being from someone that that tends to have these discussions all by himself, usually instead of sleeping... You just wasted 6 * <number of people> hours and have not moved forward with your project at all. You should have just sat around playing x-box, to be honest. While making sure that you all have a shared short term goal is important, and that every step forward is towards that goal, trying to plan out every what if situation is a futile exercise that can be extended indefinitely. Deal with "what if's" when you see them over the immediate horizon, not before you even start your project. You will not encounter 90% of them, and most of the ones you do encounter won't fall into any category you're dreaming up now. Figure out an end state, agree on a short term goal and get to work. Deal with things as they occur.