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Fishbone — pipeline throughput

Engineering velocity diagnosis when the team is stuck.

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Why is engineering throughput halved?Velocity down 50 %Work-in-progressToo many parallel streamsContext switchingQualityTech-debt clean-upFlaky testsProcessLong review queueStand-ups bloatedOrgTwo re-orgs in 6 monthsManager vacanciesToolsSlow CILocal env breakage

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title "Why is engineering throughput halved?"
problem "Velocity down 50 %"
category "Work-in-progress"
  cause "Too many parallel streams"
  cause "Context switching"
category "Quality"
  cause "Tech-debt clean-up"
  cause "Flaky tests"
category "Process"
  cause "Long review queue"
  cause "Stand-ups bloated"
category "Org"
  cause "Two re-orgs in 6 months"
  cause "Manager vacancies"
category "Tools"
  cause "Slow CI"
  cause "Local env breakage"