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Discussion on: Why Estimates Are Waste

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We certainly don’t do the same thing project to project, but we don’t introduce new tech or change our architectural preferences unnecessarily either. That then just leaves the domain, which is far more predictable if you can decompose it responsibly. The idea is to create an environment that eliminates most technical risk, leaving people to solve for the domain with a great process and support structure in place.

This leaves every project in an 80/20 state from really early on, where 80% is what we’re pretty certain we’ll be able to figure out without any real heavy risk. Risk is then buried in that 20%, which is what we’ll focus on very early on to identify and address. Honestly, it’s just a recipe that works and I know can be replicated anywhere. Unfortunately as I said, it’s just really rare to find environments like this. Which is nuts.