Software engineering leaders often misdiagnose slow delivery as a talent issue when it is actually a coordination problem, according to Steve Taplin. He identifies this as the "coordination tax," where adding engineers beyond a certain point increases overhead disproportionately to output gains. This tax manifests in excessive meetings, lengthy pull request reviews, and bloated backlogs due to a lack of clear ownership and decision-making authority within teams. The structural solution involves redesigning work for smaller, more autonomous teams with end-to-end ownership to minimize coordination costs. AI
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