Engineering and Careering
There's a big challenge in modern software and product delivery. We get ambitious missions, goals (or objectives). But we can’t easily get there from where we are.
We do our best. But complexity often drives us to focus on too big a chunk or to make small changes that don't get us going where we need to go.
I use horizon planning to discover what we need to do. The key small steps that are likely to inform and lead toward where we want to be and the more ambitious chunks that can really move the needle.
If you have challenges identifying the right next steps to get towards your goal or want to bring focus to a complex set of moving parts and make some good decisions, read on.
On the ground, things look different. We learn about our equipment and the terrain as we go. We hit obstacles that we can’t get through. We learn about our initial choices and what the team can do. We may need to find new tools, assistance and options.
When we start we know the least. There is a high degree of volatility and variability in our predictions. We can't know all the answers, because we have not been there.
