I like to split out exploration and discovery (research) as a third step (the first step) in the process. Before a plan can be devised research needs to be conducted. The more time between research, planning, and execution increases the likelihood of rework or failure.
The best time to plan is dependent on how stable/unstable the environment is.
There are some things that just can't be discovered until you're in the middle of things. Try it one way and discover that another way is much better.
That is, without spending 10x to 100x the time up front to get it right the first time. But if you're not building space ships or nuclear reactors, it's so much faster and better to just do it and figure out things along the way. So much time spent planning and guessing about the future is time wasted and that's why early stage startups can do something in a week that would take an old enterprise 5 years.
"no plan survives first contact with the enemy"
And that's the source of agile and why too much planning is just wasting time for management to have something to do. No I don't know exactly what I'm going to do or when it'll be done, and if you leave it like that I'll get it done faster.
I agree. "Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable." Its the process of thinking thru things, identifying risks, and having a few possible backup plans.
I don't think this Administration/Executive Branch recognizes Puerto Rico (populace) to be American or part of the U.S. except only in as much as it can do whatever it wants there.
If other countries were bombing US boats in the Gulf of Mexico, closer to the US and hundreds or thousands of miles away from the country doing the bombing, would you be okay with that?
Why limit it to boats? Maybe he would support shooting down American civilian planes if claimed they had drugs on board. I’m sure he would support that.
The best time to plan is dependent on how stable/unstable the environment is.
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