Sewing Order of Operations Survey

How do you decide what parts to do first?
-Do you get your entire pattern cut out or do you do one isolated part at a time?

-Is it motivated by ease? "This is the hardest part, do this now" vs "I can knock this out now and have more time for other things"

pic related, read horror stories of girls who pleated the skirt before painting the designs on the skirt.

Other horror stories welcome.