I think this should be true for many things, or at least have a fixed future date at which you re-evaluate $thing

For example with Architecture Decision Records, put a 6 or 12 month expiry on them and evaluate to see if they can be renewed, should be changed or replaced with something that covers new insights.

Unfortunately that seems a very unpopular thing to do so I’ve never seen it work and companies end up with “we have always done it like this” type practices

If you have the time to evaluate your metrics on a case by case basis every 18 months, you aren't collecting enough metrics

I wish laws had expiry dates. For 100 years. Inertia seems to be the most powerful force

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