This article "DevEX: What Actually Drives Productivity" identifies three main categories of factors that affect productivity: Feedback loops; Flow state; Cognit

This article "DevEX: What Actually Drives Productivity" identifies three main categories of factors that affect productivity: Feedback loops; Flow state; Cognitive Load. With that in mind we can say that: > Smaller teams are better value/$ spent Feedback loop: Reduce the communication channels Cognitive load: A better defined responsibility area Flow state: Tasks are more coherent instead of being splited ad infinitum > More frequent releases accelerate learning what has real value Feedback loop: self evident Cognitive load: Easier to justify dropping features. Flow state: Alignment with the user needs. > Limiting work in progress – solving one problem at a time – increases delivery throughput Feedback loop: progression transparency Cognitive load: self evident Flow state: self evident > Cross-functional teams experience fewer bottlenecks and blockers than specialised teams Feedback loop: Easier to address blockers Cognitive load: No need to resort to inter-teams communication. Flow state: Easy to offload part of the problem to close teammates > Empowered, self-organising teams spend less time waiting for decisions and more time getting sh*t done Feedback loop: No need to wait for management decisions and policies Cognitive load: Experiments are easier when there's no red tapes Flow state: Natural workflow due to the above. [0] https://cacm.acm.org/practice/devex-what-actually-drives-productivity/ https://cacm.acm.org/practice/devex-what-actually-drives-pro...