The problem with this is that it's the problem (Part 1)

Over-preparation. It sounds like a oxymoron. Can you really ever OVER prepare? 

I think in some things, definitely. Take, for example, Science Olympiad. 

This year, we're going digital with a lot of the planning. This was for efficiency purposes, and I think it will definitely have a positive impact in how our team is run. Yet, I do worry about this process. If we over prepare, collecting data to no end, and making sure that everything is ready 2 months before the actual competition, does that provide any good things in reality? 

Yes, we are prepared for the season, but we also dehumanize the process. Instead of treating people like people, we treat them as numbers, just stats on a sheet. I think this happens a lot, regardless of where you are. People in a hurry will just overlook you as a small thing compared to "more important" jobs. It's like a teacher changing a grade of a student whose parents pester just enough so that's its an annoyance. The justification is that it's one grade, how will it truly impact the life of both the teacher and the student? Obviously, it's more than that, but I digress.

So, the problem with over preparing is that over preparing is the problem. Funny how that works.