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The goal is to make the environment as simple as possible, and no simpler.
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IT products should be continually refactored so they are always up to date. Systems naturally entropy if left untouched. The weeds grow.
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Spend time breaking those dependencies rather than just managing them.
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…long-lived teams come to understand the unarticulated needs of the customer.
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People have ‘T’-shaped skills – they are generalizing specialists with a deep expertise in a skill set and an expectation and willingness to help out broadly on the team where help is needed.
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The multidisciplinary nature of the teams minimizes handoffs and dependencies on other teams, enabling flow, fast feedback, learning, and agility.
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For knowledge work, the main cost in a value stream is people. This cost cannot (and should not) be easily turned on or off.
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Coaching is something that leaders at all levels should be doing.
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…in order to optimize for the fast flow of safe value end-to-end, have multidisciplinary long-lived teams on long-lived products on long-lived value streams.
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Aim to get the thinnest vertical slice of real value in the hands of real customers. This de-risks delivery and maximizes learning, providing fast feedback on strategic bets.
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