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Instead of prescribing what to do, it provides a decision tree that strips process down to what your specific team actually needs — and removes everything else.\n\nMost frameworks add. Naked Process removes.\n\n---\n\n## The Problem\n\nThe software industry spends billions annually on certifications, frameworks, and tooling that optimize the least important variable in the equation. Decades of research — from Sackman (1968) to DeMarco \u0026 Lister (1987) to the Standish Group (2020) — consistently show that **developer quality** is the dominant predictor of project success, not process adherence.\n\nScrum, Kanban, SAFe, and their derivatives all assume that better rules produce better outcomes. The evidence says otherwise: better people produce better outcomes, and the right amount of process depends entirely on context.\n\n## The Approach\n\nNaked Process takes every known process element — from Scrum, Kanban, XP, classical project management, and beyond — and subjects each to a single question:\n\n\u003e *Under which conditions does this actually help?*\n\nWhat survives becomes a **decision tree**. Given your team's specific context — capability, deployment maturity, stakeholder access, decision speed, problem clarity — the tree outputs the **minimal viable process**: the smallest set of practices that addresses your actual constraints.\n\nNothing more. Nothing less.\n\n## Core Principles\n\n1. **Subtractive, not additive.** Start with everything, remove what doesn't earn its place.\n2. **Context-dependent.** There is no universal best process. There are only fitness conditions.\n3. **People over ceremony.** Process exists to serve capable people, not to compensate for incapable ones.\n4. **Decision speed over ritual.** The co-creator of Scrum's own data shows that decision latency \u003c 1 hour predicts success at 68% — independent of methodology.\n5. **Transparent accountability.** Process that distributes accountability to the point of invisibility is camouflage, not management.\n\n## The Decision Tree\n\nThe core of Naked Process is a decision tree built on six dimensions:\n\n| Dimension | What It Captures |\n|---|---|\n| **Team Capability** | Uniformly strong / mixed with clear lead / junior-heavy |\n| **Deployment Capability** | Continuous delivery possible vs. batched releases |\n| **Stakeholder Access** | Direct and frequent vs. mediated through layers |\n| **Decision Authority** | Where decisions are made and how fast |\n| **Problem Clarity** | Genuinely emergent vs. understood upfront vs. unexamined |\n| **Coordination Need** | Team size, distribution, integration complexity |\n\nThe tree doesn't output \"use Scrum\" or \"use Kanban.\" It outputs a minimal set of context-dependent practices — communication channel, release cadence, feedback mechanism, decision authority — assembled from whatever source survives the removal test.\n\n→ See [`decision-tree/`](decision-tree/) for the current working model.\n\n## Documentation\n\n| Document | Description |\n|---|---|\n| [The Manifesto](docs/manifesto.md) | Why Naked Process exists — the philosophical foundation |\n| [Points Don't Matter](articles/Points%20Don't%20Matter%20–%20Why%20Developer%20Quality%20Beats%20Process%20Every%20Single%20Time.md) | The research-backed argument that developer quality beats process |\n| [The Decision Tree](decision-tree/README.md) | The practical tool — how to find your minimal viable process |\n| [Methodology](docs/methodology.md) | How the decision tree was built: dimensions, decomposition, and validation |\n\n## Origin\n\nNaked Process grew out of two observations across 30 years of software delivery:\n\n1. Every successful project shared one trait: the right people making fast decisions with minimal overhead.\n2. Every failed project shared one trait: process was present, but judgment was absent.\n\nThe manifesto article, *\"Points Don't Matter: Why Developer Quality Beats Process Every Time,\"* provides the research foundation. The decision tree is the constructive counterpart — not just tearing down, but building what replaces ceremony.\n\n## Contributing\n\nThis is a living framework. If you have data — empirical research, case studies, or concrete experience — that challenges or refines any dimension, open an issue or PR. Opinions without evidence will be politely ignored.\n\n## License\n\n[CC BY-SA 4.0](LICENSE) — Share and adapt freely, with attribution, under the same terms.\n\n---\n\n*\"Economists already know this. Psychologists already know this. DeMarco and Lister wrote it down in 1987. Sackman measured it in 1968. Points don't matter. 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