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Fail Fast and Often

Fleeting

To fail fast means to have a process of starting work on a project, immediately gathering feedback, and then determining whether to continue working on that task or take a different approach—that is, adapt. If a project is not working, it is best to determine that early on in the process rather than waiting until too much money and time has been spent

— https://www.agile-academy.com/en/agile-dictionary/fail-fast/

business failure can be a good thing as long as you learn the lesson

— https://www.arrkgroup.com/thought-leadership/fail-fast-fail-often-explained/

fail fast, fail often is one of the key principles that makes Agile so successful.

— https://www.arrkgroup.com/thought-leadership/fail-fast-fail-often-explained/

“Fail early and often” is another one of those tired advice soundbites I dislike. Not because it’s flat-out wrong, but because it rarely comes with the necessary context

— https://builtin.com/founders-entrepreneurship/dont-fail-fast

Learning from success is what propels real growth.

— https://builtin.com/founders-entrepreneurship/dont-fail-fast

when we make a decision and it pays off, we may celebrate a little, but that’s where it ends. We rarely take the time to understand how the decision resulted in success and, more crucially, how we can exploit those learnings to expand on that success.

— https://builtin.com/founders-entrepreneurship/dont-fail-fast

difference between “Hey, that worked!” and “Wait. Why did that work?”

— https://builtin.com/founders-entrepreneurship/dont-fail-fast

Fail fast, fail often,” is not only being used incorrectly as a cousin to “Lean” and “Agile,” it is creating a culture of people aiming for the short-term, living in a world of frenetic bedlam. Instead of calmly and intelligently iterating, employees race to complete something (failing) while racing to the next objective as quickly as possible. (failing, but quicker

— https://www.forbes.com/sites/danpontefract/2018/09/15/the-foolishness-of-fail-fast-fail-often/

real aim of “fail fast, fail often,” is not to fail, but to be iterative. To succeed, we must be open to failure—sure—but the intention is to ensure we are learning from our mistakes as we tweak, reset, and then redo if necessary.

— https://www.forbes.com/sites/danpontefract/2018/09/15/the-foolishness-of-fail-fast-fail-often/

When executives institute a “fail fast, fail often” mantra, they must ensure it is not at the expense of creative or critical thinking

— https://www.forbes.com/sites/danpontefract/2018/09/15/the-foolishness-of-fail-fast-fail-often/

cannot become a culture where speed trumps the time we need to spend on creativity

— https://www.forbes.com/sites/danpontefract/2018/09/15/the-foolishness-of-fail-fast-fail-often/

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