Ever feel like every feature requires alignment with five other teams before you can ship? The session tackles the all-too-common frustration of cross-team dependencies that bring product work to a crawl. Max Eftekhar will explore typical failure patterns like unclear ownership, serial dependencies, and hidden coupling between services. More importantly, Max will share practical structures and approaches—including value-stream aligned teams, dependency mapping, and lightweight cross-team agreements—that help teams move faster and deliver more predictably, even in complex environments.