Maybe it’s just the teams I’m helping but there seems to be a spate of analysis paralysis occurring in the IT world.  Of course if I was a media outlet I be calling it an breakout, nay an epidemic! No! A pandemic!! Run for the hills people we might all be infected!!!

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms then see the guidelines below:

  • Analysis has taken more than a month already and shows no sign of ending anytime soon
  • The documentation you’ve written has fine grained details in a few areas and is completely lacking any information at all in others (especially the tricky bits)
  • Your analysis efforts are going around in circles
  • No one can decide what the “right” approach is to some of the problems

Steps for curing this disease:

  1. Stop analysing!! Right now!
  2. Write some code based on what you have done.
  3. When that code is working, go and analyse/design a little bit more.
  4. Go back to point 2

Good luck with the cure and I hope your health improves!