Real-time planning: Test constantly, learn fast

Martin Bailie

Those organizations that exceed expectations know how to change in order to survive. The Lean Start-Up movement, popularised by Eric Ries calls these changes 'pivots': shifting direction in response to a new learning a new normal.

Real-time planning: Test constantly, learn fast

Martin Bailieglue isobar

Martin Bailie of glue isobar outlines a system for real-time planning involving creating scenarios, then learning and testing in a speedy, responsive mode to refine the outcome.

Planning is just guessing. We have hunches. We need to test them. No-one really knows. You solve impossible problems through trial and error.

Most initiatives fail eventually. Change makes them fail. Those organisations that exceed expectations know how to change in order to survive. The Lean Start-Up movement, popularised by Eric Ries, calls these changes 'pivots'; shifting direction in response to a new...

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