There needs to be a name for the phenomenon where people start executing without instrumenting or thinking, and then turn out to do worse in the long run compared to teams who take the time, up front, to instrument properly.
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Actually the more general phenomenon is "you know doing thing X upfront is good, but it doesn't feel like you're doing anything while you're doing X, so you don't do it, and then you do worse overall."
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From Working Backwards, on Amazon's experience with this phenomenon:
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"Sometimes it's best to start slow in order to move fast."
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Did you mean to imply that’s always a problem though? Cause it seems also problematic when people spend too much time thinking/instrumenting without executing. I’m not sure what happens more often though
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Yeah but we already have a name for that: "analysis paralysis". I'd like a name for the opposite scenario!
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