> If something went wrong in the journey to theatre — such as a crucial wire becoming unattached — all staff would rush to the issue in an attempt to fix it, rather than having the discipline and structure for one dedicated staff member to do so in a less panicked manner.
I've never been a part of F1 racing or pediatric surgery, but even in plain old software development, it's always been great to step back and look at a process that we repeat; there's often a few improvements that seem obvious in retrospect, that don't pop out until you analyze the process.
PNewling · 7h ago
(Blameless) 'Post-Mortems' are crucial and certainly help improve process.
Great article! I've recently been implementing F1 pitstop techniques into our own development processes as well with a great deal of success.
memset · 8h ago
What kinds of techniques have you implemented?
scrlk · 10h ago
These days, Ferrari is probably the last team I'd want to take advice from on tactics, strategy and effective communication... :^)
Etheryte · 10h ago
The strategy department may be laughably bad, but at least with pitstops they've got it nailed down. They currently hold the fastest pitstop of the season [0] and they've been consistently faster than the rest of the field with pitstops so far.
> If something went wrong in the journey to theatre — such as a crucial wire becoming unattached — all staff would rush to the issue in an attempt to fix it, rather than having the discipline and structure for one dedicated staff member to do so in a less panicked manner.
I've never been a part of F1 racing or pediatric surgery, but even in plain old software development, it's always been great to step back and look at a process that we repeat; there's often a few improvements that seem obvious in retrospect, that don't pop out until you analyze the process.
Basically, standardize the work with clear roles and responsibilities.
[1]: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/williams-pit-stop...
[0] https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/2025-dhl-fastest-...