![rw-book-cover](https://res.cloudinary.com/blackswanfarming/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613421622/W/Cost-of-Delay-9-box-Qualitative-per-week/Cost-of-Delay-9-box-Qualitative-per-week.png?_i=AA) ## Metadata - Author: [[blackswanfarming.com|Blackswanfarming]] - Full Title:: Qualitative Cost of Delay - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://blackswanfarming.com/qualitative-cost-delay/ - Finished date:: [[2023-09-15]] ## Highlights > ![](https://i0.wp.com/blackswanfarming.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Cost-of-Delay-9-Box-Value-and-Urgency.png?w=556&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01habtde78t2phszn60sq3yayk)) ## New highlights added [[2023-09-15]] > the urgency could start off as “whenever”, and then as the option expiry date approaches it could shift into “soon” – and then finally, as the option expiry date gets very close it can shift into the “ASAP” band. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01habtf9tbeawkvdj5gdjfwvj6)) > Cost of Delay is dynamic, and can change hugely between when you first triage the option and when it eventually becomes urgent enough to start work on it ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01habtff88dqk8ya8emvrn7akk)) > ![](https://i0.wp.com/blackswanfarming.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Cost-of-Delay-9-box-Qualitative-per-week.png?resize=638%2C477&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01habtg3r2sd49k3d3je316nn3)) > Going into great detail for estimating duration ([or expecting precision](http://blackswanfarming.com/why-making-value-estimates-is-hard-but-worthwhile/)) is mostly pointless ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01habthkp9h7e2d13q9x6e9d05))