Every Hand-Off Has a Cost
Category: System Integrity
Principle Intent
Every time work moves between people, teams, or systems, information is lost, delay accumulates, and accountability becomes diffuse. Design flows that minimize unnecessary hand-offs.
How to Apply This Principle
This principle is part of the Entrowise Principles Library and is used in the PPA Method to diagnose recurring delivery problems and develop principle-aligned actions. When this principle is violated, delivery teams often experience recurring symptoms that resist solution because the root cause—the violated principle—is never addressed directly.