The Last Responsible Moment
A shortage of ideas has never been the reason a growing company went out of business. In fact, it is much more common to hear stories of failure because focus was splintered or a team ran out of time. So how can we protect our focus? and where does that time go? The Last Responsible Moment Wait to discuss a project until it becomes irresponsible to wait any longer This concept comes from Lean Engineering. It encompasses two realities — Declining returns of discussing something when you have no new information Time lost from discussing a project that doesn't end up happening Each is discussed in the following two scenarios Scenario 1: Starting too early Image 1: Waste 1 — Starting too early In the example here, a project kicks off at t . Imagine that today is x days before t . A tiger team of top talent is gathered and has an initial, kick-off conversation. Lots of information is exchanged and the team feels very positive afterwards. Some times passes (maybe a week)...