You’re making calls in the model before you’ve actually made the decision. That’s the leak.

It looks fine while you’re working. Then you pay for it.

Five to ten hours lost in revisions. Clients pushing back on “final” decisions. Builders catching gaps you never fully resolved.

Part 4 of Stop Making These Chief Architect Mistakes goes straight at that moment. Where you commit too early and carry assumptions forward like they’re settled.

This is where projects slip:
– Layouts locked in with open questions
– Assumptions instead of decisions
– “Good enough” modeling trusted too early

Nothing breaks right away. It shows up when it’s expensive.

This episode is about tightening that up. Fewer decisions, made properly. Catching problems before they compound.

If your projects feel heavier than they should, this is likely why.