When one fully implements a task in the unknown stage, discovered work in other scopes of the project or even in the task/scope itself could invalidate the implemented solution.

This could lead to lost work, Over engineering or hurriedly cutting scope because of sudden time constraints which might feel like a failure, but might not be.

Reference

Knuth, L. (2023, June 2). Work in an efficient team. https://lknuth.dev/writings/efficient_team/

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Work in an efficient team

  • All tasks in a scope should be out of the unknown before actually fully implementing them.

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