The breakdown of work and the relation it has within development teams has interested me for a long time. There is no question as to where the thoughts began but they have led me down a larger path of discovery. The journey began by reading The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, in it he talks about the four types of work, how work should be scheduled and broken down into easily repeatable tasks much like a manufacturing plant would. This made sense to me, what is all work but a sense of easily broken down tasks and steps? The smaller the tasks the easier it is to complete and increase throughput.