Premature Synchronization is the Root of All Evil

this loop describes a “pile-up” of overwork on an overburdened team: The team’s agenda is full. The fuller the agenda, the less time people take to sit down and fully explore issues in depth. Therefore, the team’s level of focus is scattered. The more scattered it is, the lower the level of shared understanding among team members. The lower

Any engineer could push a new idea into consideration at any time, and because the engineers were smart, they came up with lots of ideas. The system soon became bogged down by its own excessive ambition. If a project was deemed particularly vital, it would be “expedited,” leaving the team to “drop everything and fight the new fire.” The individual

The second come-to-Jesus moment needs to occur as soon as something goes out of sync. Even with the tightest project management, it is an absolute guarantee that the team will go slightly out of sync every once in a while. And as soon as it does, the confusion it creates can lead to people getting overworked or working inefficiently, which will gen