“Adopt, Adapt .. Innovate” is one of main strategies to apply for new products, processes , it means beginning by adopting one of the already existing solutions that fulfills most your needs and then adapting it to most fit your requirements and by the time start improve it finally innovate a new solution to achieve maximum efficiency
Why this strategy is efficient:
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A good point to start from a robust solution
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It helps you to implement the requirements rapidly and gain a fast win with cost efficiency most of time
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Most of professional solutions give you room to adapt the solution to fit your needs even more
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A good practical way to learn from the others experiences and ideas
Yet there are some drawbacks of this strategy:
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As you start by an already existing solution you miss the others mistakes which are great lessons too
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Some people may depend on adopted solution and never try to improve or innovate out of laziness or cost saving