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SAFe® 4.0 Reference Guide: Scaled Agile Framework® for Lean Software and Systems Engineering
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SAFe® 4.0 Reference Guide: Scaled Agile Framework® for Lean Software and Systems Engineering

by Dean Leffingwell
August 2016
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
15h 8m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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#9 – Decentralize decision-making

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Knowledge workers themselves are best placed to make decisions about how to perform their work.

—Peter F. Drucker

As we noted in the House of Lean, the goal is simple: to deliver value in the sustainably shortest lead time. Achieving this goal requires fast, decentralized decision-making. Any decision that must be escalated to higher levels of authority introduces a delay and can decrease the fidelity of the decision, due to the lack of local context, plus changes in fact patterns that occur during the wait time. Decentralized decision-making reduces delays, improves product development flow, and enables faster ...

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