Well yes, on a basic level when you have specialization and division of labor, you will always have dependencies. But when you tighten the feedback loop and sh

Well yes, on a basic level when you have specialization and division of labor, you will always have dependencies. But when you tighten the feedback loop and shrink the batch size of the work, you make the dependencies smaller and more granular, so the queue gets smaller and fluctuates less, and you get better flow of work through the process. Here's a simple visual that illustrates why this is the case: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/QGyl3JPoMH1wU0pNoGIsucQCOfLu0R9MKZ4kfj3ioNBA_5gdXLVM_YWQ7kRSlKO3dxzzHGyrhMi68l8MjmYjriUyYRQKbUkVuvw2KMeHWRlSjGQ8ey__OfpC8JDTeDEosA https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/QGyl3JPoMH1wU0pNoGIsucQCOf...