Re:Decisions, Decisions or Why Baskets of Options Dominate
by mannykannot on Thursday November 07, 2019 @11:13AM
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> [A bunch of features] are much more valuable launched together than individually.
More than that, they are often dependent on one another - maybe not so much if you are just polishing a mature product, but much more so at startup, when you are aiming for MVP.
And a feature does not become an 'option' just by putting it on a list; you have to work on it to have a possibility of 'exercising' it. To be fair, the article sort-of acknowledges this, but does not recognize the extent to which this weakens the metapor.
In the P50 scenario, I can only guess that hitting all the goals earns a demerit is because it indicates sandbagging. Well, there is an obvious way to avoid that outcome...
More than that, they are often dependent on one another - maybe not so much if you are just polishing a mature product, but much more so at startup, when you are aiming for MVP.
And a feature does not become an 'option' just by putting it on a list; you have to work on it to have a possibility of 'exercising' it. To be fair, the article sort-of acknowledges this, but does not recognize the extent to which this weakens the metapor.
In the P50 scenario, I can only guess that hitting all the goals earns a demerit is because it indicates sandbagging. Well, there is an obvious way to avoid that outcome...