Analysis can become a way to postpone contact with evidence. Building can also become a way to avoid necessary thought.
The useful distinction is not analyst versus creator. It is between analysis that changes a decision and analysis that repeats without reducing uncertainty.
For a stalled project:
- Name the decision the analysis is meant to support.
- Set a review point appropriate to the consequence, not an arbitrary hour.
- Identify the smallest reversible action that could produce new evidence.
- Build, observe, and return to the analysis when the evidence changes.
Ownership does not mean doing whatever it takes or refusing to reconsider a plan. It means remaining responsible for both the decision and its effects.
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