product development

Impediments: Square Pegs, Round Holes, and The Art of the Possible

Impediments: Square Pegs, Round Holes, and The Art of the Possible

There’s a great scene in the movie Apollo 13 where a group of stranded astronauts must manufacture a “square peg” to fit into a round hole using only spare parts available to them on their spaceship. In fact, their life depends on it. We teach a Hard Yards Accelerator module on dealing with impediments. In it, we have three different designations for things that slow teams down. Doug Rosenberg’s post helps clarify the differences.

The Assumption Trap

The Assumption Trap

While there is no magic formula for building great products, there are some common, avoidable mistakes.

At Hard Yards, we describe these mistakes in a vicious cycle we call THE ASSUMPTION TRAP.