What you are asking for
You want smaller attempts and faster feedback. The team still follows the same route of approvals, preparation and release.
What the system hears
“Faster, with the same steps and the same waits.”
What that produces
The team’s delivery rhythm is the result of the route you set up: the approvals, the waits, the handovers between teams. Asking for faster without touching the route is asking the team to skip steps behind your back.
Follow one change from preparation to first use, and count the days. Most of those days go to waiting. Some waits protect against a real risk: ask what they protect before you touch them. The others exist because nobody has questioned them.
Small, frequent releases lower the risk. Each change is easier to check and to undo. Teams that ship often break less.
The reduced version has to stay usable. Shipping two thirds of a flow that does not let people finish the task is a failed attempt.
The decision
→ Follow one change from preparation to first use. Note every wait and its reason.
→ Remove or shorten one wait whose reason no longer holds. Keep a way to roll back.
→ A month later, compare the lead time, the incidents, and what the feedback let you decide.
To discuss
Which wait in our route no longer protects anything?