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Why Innovators Love Constraints

Harvard Business Review

Nearly a decade later, I find myself almost a fan of constraints. Constraints lead to faster feedback. Whether they are limits on space, time, money or other resources, constraints can improve our agility and get our synapses firing at lightning speed. Constraints can be an indispensable tool of creation.

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The Biggest Lie in Corporate America Is Phase 2

Harvard Business Review

Software development is a frenzied decathlon of activity, constantly pressed on all sides by resource constraints, budgets and deadlines. When transitioning from waterfall to agile development, the design team brings these preconceptions with it. Successful agile teams focus on problem statements. Course correction was possible.

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