TL;DR: In 8 minutes, you'll learn how to stop defending outdated plans and start using adaptive project planning checkpoints to measure progress against outcomes instead of schedules, so your team can pivot when reality changes. Years ago, I worked on a game development team attempting something ambitious. We were integrating 3D assets for a traditionally 2D player base. Our designer constantly requested changes and refinements. The development team grew increasingly frustrated as nothing matched our carefully constructed project plan. Eventually, I sat down with the designer and asked a direct question: "Specifically, what about our current build fails to meet market needs?" The response was devastating: nearly everything. We had invested months following our plan precisely because it was the plan. We avoided deviation. The team remained locked into executing predetermined steps, even as evidence mounted that those steps led nowhere productive. I told the designer:...