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The Two Faces of Little's Law

Using Little's Law requires more than plugging numbers into an equation. It takes an understanding of the underlying assumptions as well.

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A (Very) Brief History of Little's Law

Did you know that a challenge from a student triggered John Little to create Little's Law? Did you know it didn't start with him? Read more!

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When an Equation Isn't Equal

Little's Law is an equation that relates three basic metrics of flow. As in equal. Not approximate. But it isn't that simple in reality.

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In God We Trust. All Others Bring Data.

Flow metrics are meaningless unless we know what data we need to capture to calculate them - like start and finish dates.

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The Four-Letter Word That Begins With F

As much as Flow is talked about in Lean-Agile circles, there really aren't many reliable definitions for what Flow actually is.

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All Models Are Wrong. Some Are Random.

This post is for those who really like to geek out on the inner workings of Monte Carlo Simulations!

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Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum

Using ActionableAgile™ and Scrum?Learn about the new class from ProKanban.org called "Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum."

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Managing Work Item Age in ActionableAgile

Our feature-rich Aging Work in Progress chart is key in helping you improve process predictability.

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Analyzing WIP in ActionableAgile

WIP (or Work In Progress) is a flow metric that tells us how many work items have started but not yet finished.

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Analyzing Throughput in ActionableAgile

Throughput is a flow metric that tells us about the rate work items are finished in a given process.