When I first moved to Holland Michigan, I worked for a company that was constructing a new manufacturing plant. Ok, let's say they were working toward it. They had a committee of engineers and managers tasked with getting it built, getting the equipment installed and making it operational. They had already been working on it for three years.

  

I had the "honor" of becoming a member of the team. There was always a request for more data and more analysis of the data which resulted in, you guessed it, the need for more data. The manager in charge also required all team members to 100% agree on the direction to be taken or they would study it some more.

   

After another year with little action, there was a change at the top, the plant was finally built and became operational.

  

Some decisions are tough. None will ever make everyone happy or answer every possible question. Everything we do in life carries some risk. Asking for endless data, worrying about the exact content of the final report or who will ultimately get the credit (or blame) only delays things, sometimes to the point that the decision too late. The world has passed it by. For some "What a blessing. Now they can't blame me if things didn't work out."

  

Obtain sufficient data to make a good decision. Be able to intelligently justify your decision to those affected. Involve them if practical. Make the decision and move on.