When may be a task fully done? When does one stop tinkering and tweaking? How much ought to you do?
At the 60,000 foot read, the task could be done. But, the devil is in the details. And the details. And the main points!
I used to be a project director in my previous career. On a weekly basis, I asked my workers to submit a status report covering what they were working on, what they accomplished, what issues they faced and how they expected to resolve them. I expected a page or two from each individual. I often received a twenty page thesis from one particular employee. It was very often a piece of art, well formatted and edited. And totally superfluous. It had been so much more detailed than I needed. While the rest of my team spent concerning 10 minutes on their status reports, this individual took concerning three hours. Therefore, too much detail could be a sheer waste of time.
On the opposite hand, too little detail isn't good, either. Where does one draw the road?
* There is sometimes not enough time to finish a task unless some corners are cut. By reducing the planned details, it is possible to cut back the estimated time to complete the task. The estimate depends on how much detail will go into the task.
* Just as the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility in economics shows that the additional benefit of the each unit of one thing successively decreases, the extra value of every successive detail of a task diminishes.
So:
1. Identify the core set of details the task requires.
2. Implement the core details.
3. Begin adding the opposite details of the task.
4. Stop when either there is no additional time to spend on the task or when the marginal price of the detail is but the hassle to implement it.
What is the value of a detail? What is the marginal price of a further detail?
The value of any action is in the result. An action encompasses a positive worth if it improves the result and a negative value if it takes faraway from the result. In finance, there is the concept of return on investment (ROI) that measures the gain relative to the quantity paid. It is great to earn a million bucks, but if it price you a billion to make a million, is it worth the investment? Likewise, the price of a task may be measured in terms of the effort expended. Price could be a subjective measure. It's like coming up with a range between 1 and 10 to explain a girl's beauty or a dentist's ability. Nevertheless, it's usable if it can be made consistent, granular and relative.
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