Breaking down complex projects into smaller, shippable increments helps mitigate risks by allowing for early feedback collection and assumption validation before fully committing to a solution. Shipping smaller increments provides value delivery, gathers feedback, validates an approach, and offers clear achievable goals for the team. It also reduces uncertainty and provides natural pause-points for addressing unplanned work. To find shippable increments, consider use-cases that can be enabled with a subset of the original product. Prioritize based on value delivery, feedback gathering, and approach validation. Silent shipping is an alternative option when user-facing features are not feasible.