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Originally Posted by Madison
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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I couldn't help but contest that statement in official CD-style. While this statement is sometimes true, there are many examples (1114, 111, 67, and the list goes on) of teams who continue to succeed year after year. They did something that was right and I think ALL teams have a lesson to learn from this. These teams have identified what they do "right" year after year in order to succeed. Of course, FIRST is very varied and not all teams are able to get all the "success factors" right every year. But, they can learn from things they did right.
Lessons can include:
"While driving the robot around at the end of build season, we figured that we can accomplish *these* tasks best by doing *so and so*. " Playing your robots strengths can work for you year after year.
"Having a solid storyboard and plan was a major factor in us winning the animation award". This factor can help increase your chance for success year after year.
"Booking hotel rooms early in the season for X regional helped us save X amount of dollars".
While I think your statement is sometimes correct, I would argue that past performance and results can sometimes be an indication of future results. It depends on whether you learn from it and continue to do what you need to do in order to succeed.