Shifting Left the Right Way

When an organization approves a new solution, technical stakeholders often dive into development with minimal planning. The map below shows this process as Urgent Low-Thought Development, where stakeholders disregard the business context and minimize business analysis. When the solution does not meet expectations, they engage in ad hoc planning, then rebuild the solution on a tight schedule. The project accumulates technical debt - quick fixes from hacked reworks.

Shifting Left the Right Way moves planning to the beginning of the solution development, where it belongs. It starts with strategy design, providing a context for lean business analysis. Strategy design and lean business analysis combine to enlighten development by clearly defining scopes connected to business objectives.