Work Can Flow Across the Sprint Boundary
Explains how Scrum teams can strategically allow unfinished work to flow across Sprint boundaries, enhancing throughput, responsiveness, and …
Throughput is a delivery metric used to inspect how much work is completed per unit of time, enabling analysis of flow efficiency and system constraints.
Throughput is a key observability metric used to quantify the amount of work a system completes over a specific time period. It reflects the flow of value and helps teams inspect how effectively their system delivers completed work items. Unlike productivity measures, throughput captures system performance as a whole, not individual contribution.
By tracking throughput, teams can detect trends, identify constraints, and assess whether workflow changes result in meaningful improvements. Tools like cumulative flow diagrams and flow analytics help visualise throughput data in real time. In Agile and Lean contexts, throughput is often used with lead time and cycle time to inspect flow health and predict delivery.
Throughput enables empirical inspection. It provides feedback that informs decision-making and guides adjustments in work-in-progress limits, team composition, and planning cadence. Observing throughput over time supports transparency and continuous improvement, without relying on subjective performance assessments.
Explains how Scrum teams can strategically allow unfinished work to flow across Sprint boundaries, enhancing throughput, responsiveness, and …
Learn to use flow metrics like WIP, cycle time, and throughput in Scrum to improve team efficiency, planning, forecasting, and workflow with practical …
Explores how effective capacity planning shifts focus from individual hours to system-level flow, using Lean and Agile principles to improve …
Multitasking reduces team productivity. Learn how focusing on finishing tasks, limiting work in progress, and value-based prioritisation boosts …
Learn how to use Kanban flow metrics in Scrum to improve value delivery, track progress, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement in …
Explains how Scrum Teams can use Kanban practices to optimise workflow, track flow metrics, and enhance transparency, efficiency, and continuous …
Limiting work in progress in Kanban helps teams focus, spot bottlenecks, maintain quality, and deliver value efficiently by ensuring a sustainable, …
Learn how Kanban’s pull-based system boosts workflow efficiency by visualising tasks, setting WIP limits, managing bottlenecks, and enabling …
Explains why story points and velocity can mislead Agile teams, and recommends focusing on throughput, cycle time, and customer value for effective …
Comprehensive reference outlining Kanban principles, practices, and metrics for optimising workflow, value delivery, and continuous improvement in …
Learn how to avoid common Kanban mistakes by focusing on actionable metrics like WIP, cycle time, and throughput instead of vanity metrics for better …
Explains how Kanban can be integrated with Scrum to improve workflow visibility, provide key metrics, and enable continuous improvement in agile …
Explores the problems with story points in Agile, their impact on team behaviour, and why flow metrics offer a better way to measure progress and …
Measuring individual cycle time overlooks team performance and system bottlenecks. Focus on lead time, throughput, and process efficiency to improve …
Explains why Story Points are subjective and unsuitable for comparing teams, and highlights objective metrics like throughput and value for measuring …
Learn how Kanban boosts transparency in software engineering, helping teams visualise workflows, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous …
Explains how to create reliable forecasts in agile projects by using flow metrics like cycle time and throughput, and shifting from project-based to …
Explores how relying on story points and velocity can harm Agile teams, advocating for objective metrics like cycle time and throughput to boost …
Limiting work in progress boosts productivity by reducing multitasking, context switching, and bottlenecks, helping teams focus, finish tasks, and …
Explains how setting and adjusting Work-In-Progress (WIP) limits in Kanban helps teams manage workflow, prevent bottlenecks, and improve productivity …
Learn how to use Kanban metrics like cycle time and throughput to improve team predictability, make accurate forecasts, and deliver consistent project …
Learn to use agile metrics, flow analytics, and Monte Carlo simulation to improve project predictability, risk management, and data-driven decisions …
Learn how Kanban uses data-driven insights and probabilistic forecasting to optimise workflows, improve delivery, and enhance transparency across any …
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