No matter how strong your discovery process is, there will still be times when your stakeholders swoop in and ask you to do things their way. If they are more senior to you in the corporate hierarchy, that’s their prerogative. What you can control is how you respond. I strongly recommend that you don’t turn the conversation into an ideological battle. In fact, if you ever catch yourself saying, “This is the way it’s supposed to be done,” take a deep breath, and walk away from the conversation. You aren’t going to win the ideological war in one conversation.
