Articles in this spirit pisses me off so much, and they’re increasingly becoming trendy. I hate it because they promote the wrong ideas. Downscaling and re-scop

Articles in this spirit pisses me off so much, and they’re increasingly becoming trendy. I hate it because they promote the wrong ideas. Downscaling and re-scoping a project is NOT the same as corner cutting. You can almost always come up with an execution strategy for doing a good job while utilizing the available resources to perfectly fulfill the agreed upon requirements. The notion of what’s perfect is always relative. I’ve seen and experienced first hand, over and over, people dismiss basic risk management, due diligence and responsible planning and execution as “perfectionism”. Everyone likes durable, safe and robust products for themselves. Everyone appreciates delightful and frictionless experiences for themselves. But somehow, it’s only a minority that actually cares of pursuing such qualities for others. I’ll repeat what I’ve said in another comment: denouncing “perfectionism” has become shield and shelter for the lazy and mediocre, and poorly worded articles like these just serves to validate and excuse poor craftsmanship. So before trying to weaponize “perfectionism” towards those who actually care about results, people need first to identify their own shortcomings and biases.