Governance: Workgroups that move
Create workgroups that are small enough to decide and broad enough to be legitimate, with a cadence aligned to shipping increments.
Typical challenges in this area:
- Decision rights are unclear (who decides vs who advises)
- Review cycles grow without a predictable cadence
- Terminology and profiling decisions conflict without escalation
- Important decisions get lost in chat/meetings and get re-litigated
The Governance provide essential capabilities:
Two-Speed Workgroups
Separate a small delivery core from a broader review ring to balance velocity and legitimacy.
Key Benefits: - Decisions stay fast - Reviews predictable
Definition-of-Done per Artifact
Define Done for each artifact type to prevent “nearly done” outputs.
Key Benefits: - Predictable throughput - Fewer regressions