We may be tempted to design systems that can account for every possible eventuality so that they can run indefinitely with minimal adjustment. But the reality of the business world is more Darwinian than Newtonian.
By concealing the true status of a project, you shut down assistance from colleagues and set them up to escalate false information up the chain of command.
Because the world moves so fast, product management is seldom a linear process. We can’t afford to let our thought processes be linear, either. Welcome to product calculus.
