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Fantastic article. I find the idea of cycles being pretty core to this. Jason mentioned it in more detail in a comment below, but the fact a stakeholder can't sway an ongoing project until its cycle is finished is huge.

I work on a small team building IT and IS infrastructure for a very sales-oriented business. Stakeholders are always throwing in a new twist at what feels like the most inopportune times. If we could tell them we'll consider it on the next formalized cycle that would be huge for preventing redirections. Stakeholders may not acknowledge it themselves, but they care less about what gets done and more about when. Closing that feedback loop we always be more effective than feature creeping a project into oblivion.