Inspect and Adapt!

Inspect, Learn, and Adapt

It's easy to say "it's good enough." Take my garden, for example. It produces enough ugly tomatoes that I can can a few. I have kale coming out of my ears. I don't even like kale, but I keep trying to like it because, well, it's good for you, right? I sneak it into soup, even in the middle of a hot summer, introducing new dishes to my family sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Then there’s the cucumbers with a vine-destroying disease, I still managed to make some pickles, and we ate a few raw. Am I happy? Well, it's good enough.

In our work, sometimes "good enough" has to be OK, too. There are times when customers or Product Owners just want something tangible to start with, and "good enough" is an acceptable milestone. In Agile, this is where the power of inspecting and adapting comes in. Just like my garden, it’s a continuous learning process—understanding what works, what doesn’t, and how we can improve over time. Want more features? We can add them later.

Need a better UI? We can tweak it after some feedback. The key is to never stop learning and improving. Even when things feel "good enough," there’s always room to inspect, adapt, and grow. So while "good enough" might work for now, the real magic comes from continuing to learn and evolve.

Do you have a good story where, after something was delivered, some great new ideas were generated? Please send an email to tell me your story! I'd love to hear it.

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