Bikeshedding Bikeshedding is when you waste way too much time on trifling matters. The act of wasting time on trivial details while important matters are inadequately attended is sometimes known as bikeshedding. That term originates from Parkinson's observation of a committee organized to approve plans for a nuclear power plant. As Parkinson noted, the committee devoted a disproportionate amount of time to relatively unimportant details -- such as the materials for a bicycle storage shed -- which limited the time available to focus on the design of the nuclear plant.
Bikeshedding, yak shaving and no brown M&Ms
Bikeshedding, yak shaving and no brown M&Ms
Bikeshedding, yak shaving and no brown M&Ms
Bikeshedding Bikeshedding is when you waste way too much time on trifling matters. The act of wasting time on trivial details while important matters are inadequately attended is sometimes known as bikeshedding. That term originates from Parkinson's observation of a committee organized to approve plans for a nuclear power plant. As Parkinson noted, the committee devoted a disproportionate amount of time to relatively unimportant details -- such as the materials for a bicycle storage shed -- which limited the time available to focus on the design of the nuclear plant.