Principlev1
Make coordination activities visible and calculate the ratio
Make coordination activities visible and calculate the ratio of coordination time to productive time, setting an explicit budget that new coordination mechanisms must fit within.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from The behavior of a system arises from its structure, not from (structure determines behavior), Information and attention have an inverse relationship: a (information creates poverty of attention), and The number of unique communication channels in a team of n (communication channels scale quadratically). The principle: given that coordination costs scale non-linearly, explicit measurement and budgeting prevent invisible overhead expansion. This is prescriptive and measurable.