Agile & Delivery playbook/Module 6 · Delivery management

Day 52 / 100 · Delivery management · Dependency management

The best dependency is the one you removed.

Every dependency is a queue you don't control. Map them, then remove, sequence or buffer every one you can.

Map them

Move 01

One shared board showing who's waiting on whom, and for what.

HOW

Visible to every team.

Remove them

Move 02

Change team boundaries or scope so the dependency disappears.

HOW

Team Topologies (Day 8).

Sequence them

Move 03

Plan the upstream work sprints ahead of when it's needed.

HOW

In their backlog, not just yours.

Buffer and watch

Move 04

Add slack where you can't remove, and check weekly.

HOW

Early warnings, not surprises.

Map them. Remove what you can. Plan the rest.