During ART Sync on the school-district student-information ART, a team proposes a local Definition of Done tweak that would skip shared integration checks so stories close faster. How should the RTE apply systems thinking before agreeing?
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Short Explanation
A local shortcut can feel like a faster commute until it blocks the intersection. Systems thinking asks what that Definition of Done skip does to every team assembling one student-information increment. If integration breaks, the speed was theater.
Full Explanation
SAFe Principle #2 asks the RTE to judge local process changes by their effect on the ART as a system, not on one team's story-close rate. Skipping shared integration checks on a student-information train typically hides defects that appear only when teams combine work. The RTE should surface that whole-ART impact in ART Sync and keep a common integration standard unless the change improves end-to-end flow. Approving isolated tweaks, cloning them blindly, or sending them to a political body does not apply Lean-Agile systems principles.