Any idea you have, be it personal, official project or a better algorithm for your code, the easiest way to achieve efficiency is to break it down into as many smaller components as possible.
Let me illustrate with a personal experience. My dad (who passed in 2017 at the age of 83) is a very planned man. How my dad operates is, when he aims to purchase something, he will look at the price, then divide it by the EMI he can afford and then, he starts saving that EMI money every month to reach his goal. Once he has the cash, he will go ahead and make the purchase (There were no CC and bank loans during his time).
Unlike us, there were not EMI concepts when he was constructing his house in 1983/84. So, he made a plan on paper of how much each component of the house construction costs and every month he used to put that EMI money aside. Also, he planed how much money he required at each stage of construction. Once he had the money he started constructing. It was a very well planned execution and he constructed our home (even today) without any EMI’s. When the home was finally done, he had no EMI’s. Can you believe it?
Why did I share this story? It’s because, this is how we need to manage our projects or product launch’s. We should break it down into as simple components as possible and achieve our goals. Today, we want to achieve everything overnight, but this is now how life is. It is a long process. When you are wanting to startup and when you are wanting to build something, we need to appropriately plan the execution. I am not saying I did it well, but, when I put my money in my startup, I planned as much as I could, but very unfortunately, missed calculating the deviations. However, I could still manage, and later things started to fall in place when i found an amazing co-founder who helped me in the most crucial of the times.
When you have an idea, break it down into as smaller components as possible. This will help you plan your idea to come to life without having a heart break. The better you plan, the better is the execution.