Change Advisory Board Gates
Manual committee approval required for every production change. Meetings are weekly. One-line fixes wait alongside major migrations.
Organizational and Cultural
Anti-patterns in team culture, management practices, and organizational structure that block continuous delivery.
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These anti-patterns affect the human and organizational side of delivery. They create misaligned incentives, erode trust, and block the cultural changes that continuous delivery requires. Technical practices alone cannot overcome a culture that works against them.
Pressure to Skip Testing
Management pressures developers to skip or shortcut testing to meet deadlines. The test suite rots sprint by sprint as skipped tests become the norm.