Fat & Fragile

Never thought that I'd say this but - internal debiting isn't just evil!

We have had a situation where money really hasn't been one of the major issues when developing things. Well being that fat has been great - but now things have changed. To the better in some sense.

Our product owners has when faced with priority issues always just blamed us for not recruiting fast enough. What I'm wondering is - have we focused on the right things from a business perspective or have we wasted valuable development time on chrome tires? This is where I think that internal debiting actually is a god and not a bad.

Everything is useful and tasty when for free! But if you actually have to pay for it - does it carry the same appeal? - probably not! Forcing the stakeholder to provide the cash makes their part so painstakingly much clearer. They only have so much money and they need to get a product developed that will earn back the investment. This implies that they better have to do their homework on what the customers actually wants and needs. We all know that want and need doesn't necessary have to be the same either for that matter. Working towards an external part this is obvious - they wont pay a penny for fluff. But working internally it is so much easier to loose focus on such matters.

Internal debiting is good for agility!

Oh my - never thought I'd say that I've always considered it such a waste.

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