The Tyranny of the Plan

This is a transcription of a talk given by Mary Poppendieck , The Tyranny of the Plan , lightly edited by me for readability and brevity. A similar transcription was previously hosted here , with Mary&rsquo;s permission, but has since been taken down. I share it here because I think it&rsquo;s an important talk and worth preserving, and I hope it will as be useful to others as it has been to me.…