Ingredient 30.Make It Easy
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If there is an easier way, do it that way.

“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.” —Bruce Lee, martial artist

The Problem

Teams try to do too much at the same time, so they end up delivering below-par results, leaving customers and investors confused and disappointed.

The Solution

Help your team complete tasks as easily as possible by finding the path of least resistance.

  • Simplify decisions. Don’t make things harder than they need to be. Refer to Occam’s razor as a heuristic to find the fewest assumptions and risks needed to proceed with your project.[80] If off-the-shelf software is just as good, cheaper, ...

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