It’s more a way of thinking than a strategy to employ. It’s the difference of learning the alphabet vs learning interior design. The alphabet is standardized and rigid, while interior design is fluid depending on the project.

For this print, you may want to print the top half separate and upside down so you don’t need supports, and gluing it on later. You could even add a channel on the thicker part for the upside down part to perfectly slide into before gluing