The science behind limiting work in process and why it is done in Agile & knowledge work
Start less, to finish more.
Have you ever been in a team where everyone is working as fast as they can but things just don’t seem to get finished? Delays occur and the team responds by starting more work in an attempt to play catch up. This is Part 1 of a two part series looking at Little’s law and its application in Agile and knowledge work. In this article, Little’s law is introduced and we look at why limiting work in process is done. In Part 2, we look at the application of Little’s law. By the end of it, you will understand the…
There are only 2 viable options when project delays occur — move the deadline or reduce scope. Use Confidence Level to help keep focus on these 2 options.
The release date has been set, the product backlog has been (sufficiently) defined, the team is set to go and delivery confidence is high coming out of release planning — everyone is ready and pumped to deliver this project!
Things are going well until 2 months in, the team find themselves at that all too familiar juncture — they are falling behind for one reason or another. The good news is that…
Leo Inthapichai
I enjoy learning about and teaching Agile — above all, seeing it put to good use.
