alt Hacker NewsMeetings aren't even the worst resource wasters. Wrong initiatives, features, apps/platforms/services are. They capture future resources in form of maintenance and complexity with them.
Meetings aren't even the worst resource wasters. Wrong initiatives, features, apps/platforms/services are. They capture future resources in form of maintenance and complexity with them.
Agreed, and this is where I think some more nuanced and conscious use of tech debt can be used when applicable.
It might be OK to place some bets on an initiative or feature, but if we all understand we're placing a bet, this is an area to load up on debt and really minimize the investment. This also requires an org that is mature about cutting the feature if the bet doesn't materialize, and if the market signal is generated will reinvest in paying down the debt. And also has the mega-danger territory of a weak market signal, where it's not clear if there is market signal or not, so the company doubles down into the weak signal.
Also these bets shouldn't be done in isolation in my view, well executed product and market discovery should also provide lots of relevant context on the ROI.