When building out new user features for your software, you always want to solve for your biggest unknowns first

Published: August 29th 2025

For a new set of features, the parts can usually be broken down into

→ this is easy, we know how to do this part for sure
→ this is little more complicated, but we know how to do it
→ we don't know how/if we can pull off this part just yet

Those last parts are the ones you want to tackle first.

They represent the highest risk elements of your plan.

They will be the hardest to estimate in terms of scope and time, and sometime even in terms of possibility of can they even be done.

In other words, these part have the highest chance of de-railing your entire plan.

So make them your priority to look at first.

Put together some scrappy MVP/proof of concept. Wire up the parts and get it working.

It doesn't need to look nice.

It just needs to let you know its possible, and can be done.

Once that is out the way, you can start to have some more confidence in your overall plans and timelines.