Stage Gates That Stop False Momentum
Use stage-gate discipline to separate early enthusiasm from evidence-backed development commitment.
Momentum is not evidence. A promising site becomes dangerous when the team starts treating activity as proof. Gate The Commitment A phase-gate process breaks work into evidence-producing phases and decision gates. In property development, each gate should be tied to a real commitment: exclusivity fee, board approval, land purchase, planning submission, contractor appointment, or debt drawdown. The gate asks: do we have enough evidence for that commitment, and what is the strongest decision now? Name The Evidence Do not write vague gate criteria like "commercially acceptable" or "planning broadly supported." Write the evidence that would make the claim true: market…
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