Building the wrong thing it’s quite easy, for instance, this time around I created a general purpose component that I thought was going to be used in certain way, but in the end it didn’t account for certain edge cases. i.e. Some teams needed to specifically what images to show via props, not through a config file.
Things to keep in mind:
- Work as close to product as possible.
- Simple features doesn’t mean that you can’t make mistakes.
- Mistakes will happen, that’s OK.
- Reduce uncertainty as much as possible, use things like Loom, screenshots and/or weekly recap messages.
- Always, sync with Product before a demo.