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Speed Is the Consequence. Not the Goal.

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Speed results from a system of good quality.

While this may seem an obvious premise, the realities of businesses (and people) are often quite different. Many people try to work “quickly” by first searching for their documents in 50 icons within their desktop.

On the contrary, the pursuit of speed at all costs creates negative effects that end up slowing down the system. Speed is the result of processes which, once mastered and adding value, are optimized and result in a lasting velocity.

This article describes the need for a systemic approach to developing an antifragile software production system which leverages its consequent resilience and velocity, enabling companies to remain competitive through quality.

The consequences of speed at all costs

When we go too fast, we turn speed into haste, with all its cascading problems: uncontrolled impacts, additional work — all costly and time-consuming issues that can sometimes get worse if they can impact health or people.

The cost of the additional work is far from minimal. Blend Jet, for example, had to recall 4.8 million units, as did Tesla, which, despite remote software updates, had to callback 120,000 vehicles.

“If you only quantify one thing…

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The Systemic CTO
The Systemic CTO

Published in The Systemic CTO

The systemic approach to software production to build your most competitive business advantage.

Antoine Craske
Antoine Craske

Written by Antoine Craske

CIO/CTO | Architect | Systemic Approach to Software Production at qeunit.com

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