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Hurry Sickness

Troubleshooting Agile

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The Dangers of Taking Action in an Emergency

The idea that, well, I can go and do something now that I know needs to get done feels very satisfying. And there's actually a real danger here. You taught me long ago about a concept called near enemies. The near enemy is the virtue of taking action in a real emergency. So if your engineers are reacting in a way that deprioritizes improvements that are right there in front of them that are relatively near term but not immediate, then you might suspect they're falling victim to this hurry sickness.

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