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> [“They don’t change how big the project is, or what’s involved in creating it, but just by doing one thing exclusively before moving on, the work takes a little more than half as much time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/they-don-t-change-how-big-the-project-is-or-what-s-involved-in/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

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## More by Jeff Sutherland

> [Any Scrum without working product at the end of a sprint is a failed Scrum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/any-scrum-without-working-product-at-the-end-of-a-sprint-is-a-failed/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“If you can’t actually take time off without having to make sure everything is going right at the office, the thinking goes, you aren’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/if-you-can-t-actually-take-time-off-without-having-to-make-sure/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“They don’t change how big the project is, or what’s involved in creating it, but just by doing one thing exclusively before moving on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/they-don-t-change-how-big-the-project-is-or-what-s-involved-in/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“Hazlo bien a la primera”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/hazlo-bien-a-la-primera/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“habiéndose atrevido a lo grande, así que no habrá de contarse nunca entre los espíritus tímidos e indiferentes que no conocen la victoria ni…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/habi-ndose-atrevido-a-lo-grande-as-que-no-habr-de-contarse-nunca/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“Often when people talk about great teams, they only talk about that transcendent sense of purpose. But while that’s a critical element, it’s only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/often-when-people-talk-about-great-teams-they-only-talk-about-that/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“Often when people talk about great teams, they only talk about that transcendent sense of purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/often-when-people-talk-about-great-teams-they-only-talk-about-that-2/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“Scrum no se orienta a los desarrolladores, sino a los clientes y otros interesados. Esto”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/scrum-no-se-orienta-a-los-desarrolladores-sino-a-los-clientes-y-otros/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“There were 1,100 requirements. The stack was a few inches thick,” says Johnson. Just thinking about those documents makes me feel for the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/there-were-1-100-requirements-the-stack-was-a-few-inches-thick-says/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [Greatness can’t be imposed; it has to come from within. But it does live within all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/greatness-can-t-be-imposed-it-has-to-come-from-within-but-it-does/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“be conscious of the cost of context switching. It’s very real, and you should try to minimize it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/be-conscious-of-the-cost-of-context-switching-it-s-very-real-and-you/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [The fact is, when you look at the best teams—like the ones that existed at Toyota or 3M when Takeuchi or Nonaka wrote their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/the-fact-is-when-you-look-at-the-best-teams-like-the-ones-that/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“It’s the system that surrounds us, rather than any intrinsic quality, that accounts for the vast majority of our behavior.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/it-s-the-system-that-surrounds-us-rather-than-any-intrinsic-quality/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“We find in real projects that if stories are really Ready, the team will double the speed of implementation. And if the stories are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/we-find-in-real-projects-that-if-stories-are-really-ready-the-team/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

> [“The problem that I frequently see crop up is that people have a tendency to treat the Daily Stand-up as simply individual reporting. “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sutherland/the-problem-that-i-frequently-see-crop-up-is-that-people-have-a/)

[Jeff Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sutherland/)

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