Re:How to Prioritize Tasks?
by simonw on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:36PM
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I've long thought that the single hardest problem in startups is prioritization: figuring out the most important thing to build (or do) next.
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Strongly agree with this.
One thing I realised is, startups should spend more time optimising the decision of their top priority, and less time optimising efficiency.
There's no point working on the wrong thing with 100% efficiency.
Re:How to Prioritize Tasks?
by Throw10987 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:03PM
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I have seen teams spending most of their time on working on the highest priority (by a single measure) and not spending any time on overall delivery efficiency.
So having a balanced prioritisation approach would seem to be pretty important.
Agree to this. My personal thesis is paying the cost of doing it quickly is not payed months in a nebulous future, but often mere _hours_
A good bit of literature is starting to dispel the notion of the iron triangle, speed is quality, quality is speed.
It also is that while building new product often there is no single thing that is urgent but everything needs to be done.