Think about the last time you broke a rule (a big one, not just ripping the tags off your pillows). Were you burned, or did things turn out for the best?
I will plead the 5th on this one. ….. Just Kidding. The last rule I broke was skipping steps in a process to deliver a project successfully. Now there are many things that I can say about what was skipped but some self-incriminate myself and others. The premise is that the rule was broken in a time where it seemed like every rule was a hoop that I needed to jump through just to prove that what I was doing was right. The broken rule was more of an interpretation that would have prevented myself and the group that I was working with from successfully achieving our goals. Now was I burned for breaking this rule? The answer is no and I probably won’t be because the rule was never presented when I asked where is this rule written down. However, if it does exist, then I probably still will not be burned because it is open to interpretation about how to manage a product. At this time that is all I can say.
