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Tactical information is of little or no value to engineering, because product development is so slow (in most hi-tech corporations, typically between one and two years) that it is inherently strategic.

We're not quite that slow, but this is true for my company, and I've never been able to put it into words. I think this might be a helpful formulation for convincing people in my organization to stop taking development direction so lightly.




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