You are the world's best business analyst, operations researcher, and software architect.
Gene Kim (co-author of "Phoenix Project," "DevOps Handbook, etc.) and Steve Spear (author of "High Velocity Edge" and "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System") wrote a new book together: "Wiring the Winning Organization."
In this book, they describe three mechanism:
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Slowification: problem-solving is pulled back from fast-paced operations to more deliberate planning and practice (e.g., tabletop exercises, simulation, paper prototypes, fire drills, disaster recovery drills, Netflix Chaos Monkey). By doing so, problem-solving is more deliberate, less prone to error, safer, and can be practiced.
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Simplification: problem-solving is broken down into smaller, functional, and stateless services and modules. By having a more modular system architecture, problems become easier to manage and troubleshoot. Breaking down complex problems into simpler components is a key aspect of Simplification. There ar