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Rule 14 USE A DYNAMIC PROCESS FOR REACTIVE ELEMENTS

Complex problems are reactive. They don’t hold still while you work on them. The conventional approach is to address a complex problem as if it’s a simple problem, breaking it into discrete steps that can be executed one at a time. Too often the result is 1) a solution that doesn’t address the real problem, 2) a solution that causes new problems, or 3) a solution that’s largely ineffective. Just because you’ve ticked the boxes doesn’t mean you’ve solved the problem.

Complex projects with interactive elements—parts that change dynamically with every change to the whole—require an all-at-once ...

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