“We spent the meeting bikeshedding the database architecture.”
Corporate Entry 70 / 1605 60-second read
Bikeshedding
Wasting time on trivial details while ignoring complex issues.
The comparisoni
“We spent an hour bikeshedding the color of the 'Submit' button instead of fixing the API.”
The ruleii
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BIKESHEDDING (Parkinson's Law of Triviality) = people disproportionately discuss simple things…
Derived from an example of a committee approving a nuclear power plant quickly but arguing over a bike shed for hours.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Focusing on the shed, not the reactor.