Anybody have any good tricks you use to “stage” an extended effort? Examples:
Dry runs/rehearsals
Mockups
Putting non-critical scaffolding in place even
Acquiring presentation material (business cards, schwag, suit)
About pages
Signing up for services before they’re needed
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Do you think about "staging" as something distinct from "derisking"? In software engineering we talk a lot about "gaining confidence" as a way to frame what you're calling "staging". (staging is a particular step in a code deploy)
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Yeah that’s partly where I got the idea from, though staging in software derives from staging in a general sense. Basically the idea of doing things in the (n-1) environment as much as possible.
Derisking is only one reason to do it
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Given that failure tends to dominate most software development experiences derisking is a high priority for us. What are the others?
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Better problem solving intuition from being in a more accurate version of the live environment, motivation from seeing the thing in a more holistic and complete form, getting comfortable in operating environment, pre-conditioning live responses, checklist discipline enforcement
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