Big upfront planning is not all that bad!
Planning upfront in the name of ‘Quarterly Planning’ is not all that bad — until you get too attached to the plan and the planning efforts itself.
A map helps you navigate, but if it loses connection and misguides you, blindly following it leads you astray.
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The same goes with your big upfront planning exercise : plans should guide, not dictate.
You need to revisit them based on real progress rather than clinging to past effort and confirming your waste accrual with better ‘Committed vs Completed Ratio’ (a vanity metric).
Avoid the sunk cost fallacy — dont keep driving just because you planned the route.
Instead, recalibrate, reroute, and pivot wisely before moving forward.
A good plan isn’t about rigidly sticking to the original plan, but guiding you with when to change course.
