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The "output is king" fallacy

The "output is king" fallacy

Your users want an experience, not updates for the sake of updates

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Willem-Jan Ageling
Dec 06, 2023
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Here’s a remark I heard recently:

“I’m all for focusing on the outcome, but it shouldn’t endanger the output we promised to produce.”

He continued to state that the roadmap for the coming six months was set in stone.

What could go wrong?

Well, perhaps nothing when his product environment is completely predictable.

When he can exactly predict the value of th…

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