I like to use the term "Three Stooges Problem" for when you're in a situation with more than one *actor* who need a common *resource*, and none of actors are incentivized (nor self-elected) to utilize the resource in series. Thereby the resource is over-leveraged and many if not all of the projects beings shepherded by the actors end up failing to deliver on time. Three stooges try to walk through the door at the same time and all get stuck. ![[Pasted image 20250408191023.png]] If someone directed traffic, or if they had the perspective to step back and look at the bigger picture, everyone would get what they want faster. **The problem is that someone *looks* like they're losing**. # Real World Examples - Project A and Project B both need some sort of identify management service - rather than coordinating they implement separate IAM approaches and you're stuck with [[Technical Debt]] - My own children - Myself, surely, in all sorts of situations. I'm no better than anyone else. **** # More ## Source - [[Myself]]