Five steps to walk thru, in order.
Elon Musk’s 5 Step Engineering Protocol - to be applied IN ORDER.
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Make the requirements less dumb
Question them. They are dumb. Find out how and see if they can be made less dumb.
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Try to remove the part or step
Complexity is the enemy. If you’re not adding things back in 10% of the time you’re not removing often enough.
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Simply of Optimize
Only after removing what you can and making the requirements less dumb.
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Accelerate cycle time
Once you’ve done all of the above… do the process faster.
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Automate
After getting a smooth, logical, non-error-prone process running, remove in-process testing and manipulation
Source
Elon Musk Reveals His 5-Step Engineering Protocol