When we do everything right and it still doesn’t solve the right problem | Mike Bowler

The Choluteca Bridge in Honduras survived Hurricane Mitch intact — but the hurricane moved the river out from under it. Mike Bowler uses this as a memorable parable for long delivery cycles: you can build exactly the right thing perfectly and still miss, because the world changed while you were building. The antidote is shortening the time from idea to in-use: smaller slices, less work in progress, fewer dependencies, and real collaboration.

When we do everything right and it still doesn’t solve the right problem | Mike Bowler