Software Design: Tidy First?

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Trigger: you have a multi-step process where responsibility moves from person to person (or organization to organization)

Transformation: trace a typical recent work item through the process. Add up the time spent actually working on the item & the time the item spends waiting. Divide.

Sometimes this is all you need to do to transform a process. How in th…

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