Optimizing what I do to give the team and decision makers optionality has been a big one for me. I don't want to have a fragile plan that minimizes my effort if

Optimizing what I do to give the team and decision makers optionality has been a big one for me. I don't want to have a fragile plan that minimizes my effort if it forces things to be done in sequence. Multiple independent changesets solve the problem faster and better. Reduction of coupling is a related concept - it's always better if two things can be two things, not one interconnected hairball.