You've touched the cockles of my heart with the "eat the elephant on ebite
at a time" method of project completion. Unfortunately or fortunately,
depending on your situation this may not be the best way. One bite at a time
is sufficient for a known problem which has grown to enormous size and must
be dealt with one step at a time. Like buildiing fake rocks. A known process
but if way too many orders come in at once how do you satisfy the customers:
one at a time following the process one step at a time. However, if the
problem as a whole is known, but the multiple parts of the problem are
unknown then the one bite at a time will bite you instead. Here is why. If
you solve one component at a time, you will find soon that the closer you
get to completion the more radical each succesive solution has to become.
The components must be integrated and worked as a total solution. The fuel
system, that Keith mentioned that his mind was working simultaneously with
the dry sump, may require a different and potentially unsatisfactory
solution unless it is intergrated into the whole at the beginning. In fact,
since Keith is a pilot and his mind is multipath because of it, probably
subconsiously recognizes that the parts need to be worked together. Can you
imagine a helicopter that started with the blades and worked each problem in
turn? Yikes!
So, here are the words of wisdom from one who has been down the path far too
many times to count...
"the system is the solution"
Once the system is defined and a path to success is clearly outlined, then
eat the elepant one bite at a time.
mayf, getting ready to water the neighbors plants
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