Improvement playbooks

Open Time distribution — fix the largest phase first.

Limit WIP: fewer concurrent PRs per author/reviewer.

Merge and deploy daily where quality gates allow.

Break work into PR-sized slices before coding starts.

Open draft PRs early for direction, even if not ready to merge.

Time-box spikes; merge findings or docs separately from product code.

Assign a reviewer at PR open; use team rotation.

Cap PR size; split if diff exceeds team threshold.

Daily 15-minute review sweep for open PRs in Attention center.

Use a review checklist for risk areas (auth, migrations, infra).

Respond to review comments within one business day.

Pair on complex changes instead of async-only mega-PRs.

Automate merge-to-prod for low-risk repos after green CI.

Parallelize independent service deploys.

Profile pipeline stages in Deploy analytics and trim the slowest.

Split refactors and behavior changes into separate PRs.

Use mechanical commits (format, rename) in isolated merges.

Set a team soft cap (e.g. 200 lines) and justify exceptions.

Require one human approval on protected branches.

Allow hotfix label with post-merge review within 24h.

Retro on each unreviewed merge in Attention center.

Triage Attention center daily; assign owner or close.

Mark blocked PRs with reason and escalation date.

Reduce WIP limits in sprint planning.