resources available

Listening to a podcast this morning by Dr William Horton. He discussed
that people make best decisions based on the resources available to
them at the time. It can be that they don't have all the available
resources they need to make the right decision. So they make the best
decision based on the resources, i.e. experience, facts and advice,
that is available to them at that specific point in time.

I can totally related to this based on a decision I have made at work.
With hindsight it probably wasnt the best decision, but at the time is
was the best option due to the limited resources I had available. I
had to choose a new between 3 options at work. The first option would
have limited our ability in future. The second option was overly
complicated and third option was a new technology that offered us
everything we needed. We wanted the third option, but were imposed a
number of constraints by the business that limited our ability to
implement this new technology in appropriate timescale. They wanted it
quickly and cheaply which meant we had to make short cuts and re-use
lots of equipment that meant the project took longer. In the end in it
took longer than if we had done it properly, as we have had go back
and re-do the short cuts any way, and do multiple rounds of testing.
The resource I lacked at the time were experience of large scale
projects and the attitude of the Senior managers. Next time I would
still pick the same technology, but would make it clear that it had to
be done in a certain way; no shortcuts, correct timescales and the
right tools available else they would need to choose something else. I
would have responded differently to the imposed limitation being
placed on the project that caused it be delayed in the long run. At
the time I was just happy to get the approval for the project and
agreed to anything to get the work underway.