This is an instant commitment to the first idea that seems to work. It is the hallmark of the "satisficing" manager and is related to AnyPortInaStorm. -- RaySchneider

Often you just don't have time to explore all the options. In those cases, if the first idea will work well enough then "satisficing" (a term coined by HerbertSimon to refer to his "new theory of decision making") is a sound strategy and not at all an AntiPattern.

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Compare, however, DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork and RefactorMercilessly. -- RonJeffries

Nota Bene: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing