In the pursuit of faster development cycles, effective management of pull requests is crucial but often challenging, as they can become bottlenecks due to issues like merge conflicts and inadequate testing. A fictional company, DevApp Inc., illustrates how implementing best practices such as writing clear pull request descriptions, keeping pull requests small, ensuring collaborative code reviews, and using checklists can significantly enhance efficiency. By adopting dedicated tools like Graphite, which integrates with GitHub to streamline pull request processes, teams can automate testing, track performance metrics, and define service level agreements (SLAs) to maintain accountability and improve velocity. These systematic improvements enable teams to ship code faster without compromising on quality, thereby enhancing overall development productivity.