10 strategies for cycle time reduction

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This post details ten strategies for reducing development cycle times, drawing from the experiences of GitLab engineering leads. Key strategies include automating work (CI/CD, manual tasks), breaking work into smaller iterative pieces, utilizing feature flags, measuring the impact of workflow components, improving cross-team communication and automation, and managing asynchronous work by having multiple items to work on. It also touches upon challenges like getting it right the first time, differentiating helpful from unhelpful processes, working across teams, and asynchronous communication.