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November 2004
Sometimes Good is Better: A Pragmatic Approach to IT DecisionsBy Thomas Warger
Beryl Markham (author of West With the Night) is usually cited as the source of the adage, “Good is the enemy of great.” The statement argues that settling for good leads to failure to attain excellence. It has been frequently and loosely repeated in motivational or self-improvement literature as an exhortation to set higher standards and refuse compromises in quality. Best is better, in principle, but in reality good often has to be the choice because few IT decisions are made without connection to many factors that outweigh the difference between the good choice and the best choice for a single decision.
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