Been thinking a lot about this lately, breaking work down to very small pieces is a really important step. Helps understand what is truly the smallest releasable piece to batch together. Then once you start releasing faster due to bei mg able to easily identify small reliable chunks you start creating momentum. Trying to bite off huge chunks to release prevents this momentum, it’s such a slog.

Some of the best defects I've found have been from pretending to be a user (veteran, new, etc) with a specific goal (generating a year-over-year profit-loss report, adjudicating a claim with Coordination of Benefits, adding a transportation dept to an existing accounting structure, etc).

Sit in the driver's seat. Have a destination, and a reason to get there; then observe what the process entails.