7 deadly sins of project and product development

The Pregnant Woman Theory If one woman can make a baby in 9 months, then 9 women can make a baby in 30 days. Now you may laugh, but this is the most common problem in developing a new product. Throwing more resources at the problem and praying it goes away does not solve anything.

Stepping Over A Stack Of $100 Bills To Pick Up A Penny We can’t spend $10 on an off the shelf tool but we can spend $1,000 to develop our own, which doesn’t work and causes more problems than it solves.

Champagne On A Beer Budget Expecting everything for free and having It done yesterday. This is a very common occurrence especially when subcontractors are hired. I want to hire an Engineer with 3 PhD’s, and 30 years of experience for minimum wage

The Scalpel Is Only As Good As The Surgeon Who Uses It, Not All Tools Are Created Equally. A Scalpel is a commodity, the surgeon who uses it to save your life is not.

You Never Run Out Of Things That Go Wrong There will always be an endless supply of challenges and things that go wrong. Pretending there aren't any problems doesn't make them go away.

A Plan Is Just A List Of Stuff That Didn’t Happen & Everything Takes Longer, And Costs More Than You Planned

Good, Fast, Cheap… Pick Any Two We never have time to do it right, but we always have time to do it over….. and over….. and over….. I hear time and time again. Just get it done right now, we’ll fix it later.