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HipsterTech's avatar

Thanks for the shout-out, Adler!

And thanks for sharing a story about failure - I know it takes courage to put yourself out there and reflect on yourself doing the wrong thing.

Seems like you were thrown in the deep end but you've learned a lot. Next time you will crush it!

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William Meller's avatar

Great breakdown. The illusion of being busy is dangerous. Without a clear MVP, risks, and alignment, you’re just collecting information instead of leading a project. On the other hand, I invite you to check this post I wrote about MVPs:

https://projectmanagementcompass.substack.com/p/the-good-enough-trap-how-over-reliance

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Adler Hsieh's avatar

Hey William, thanks for sharing! Nice insights. I like the idea of MVM. :)

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Colette Molteni's avatar

Regular meetings for alignment is such a big one. I have taken a misstep in a major project that failed, due to not having these.

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Adler Hsieh's avatar

Yeah it's very easy to assume that "we are all aligned and things will go as expected" until the last moment when we find that it's not :P

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