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The validation gate

A Scrum Manager strip

Four-panel comic strip: the team ships without validating, the customer gets an invoice in Roman numerals and Vera asks how much they will invest in looking next time.
The concept

In a dual-track flow, the assisted track generates without pause while a human validates before anything reaches the customer. The point where generated work enters the product —the validation gate— is the most critical place in the whole system. Skipping it, shipping what was "generated" as if it were "validated", does not save time: it passes the defect on to the customer. And regenerating quickly is no substitute for looking: the machine's speed does not excuse human judgement.

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