02.6.2 · Skill in Product planning
Dependencies
Tracking what work depends on other teams, systems or decisions.
Dependencies are where plans usually break. Making them visible early lets a team reorder work, decouple it or start conversations before they become blockers. Engineers are best placed to spot technical dependencies that others miss.
Resources
2- articleStart hereConway's law ↗Martin Fowler · 7 min
Systems end up shaped like the organisation that builds them, so team boundaries are design decisions too.
- docsStart hereWork in process limits ↗DORA (Google Cloud) · 5 min
How limiting work in progress shortens lead time and makes bottlenecks visible.
Tools
none yetTools for this topic are being researched.