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Root out variation

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Root out variation

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- [Instructor] While many implementation approaches focus on end-to-end processes, the macro level stuff, what often gets overlooked is working on moments of truth, key interactions between people and systems, the micro level stuff, like how we run a post implementation review meeting, focus your application improvement efforts on key moments of truth. Some people look to getting process out of the way, removing checks and balances to get faster time to value, but simply removing process gates isn't the real answer. Think about it. Why do we have to meet about a change or a release or anything? Why? Because of variation in dependencies that if not sorted will have a shooting ourselves in others in the proverbial foot. The right approach that vastly reduces the amount of overhead required for service management, that number one contributor to making it lightweight is to aggressively root out unnecessary complexity,…

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