Getting closer . . .
Concur.
Listen up, Newfags: any intelligence operation, no matter how well planned, is going to be upset by events as they unfold. Surprises happen. New players intrude. Old players do something unexpected.
You adapt the plan as you go to fit the circumstances with which you are presented. The goal doesn't change. The means sometimes do. And the timetable almost always does.
Relax.