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Delivery Management

Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths

The three primary mechanisms for implementing flow that increase throughput and accelerate value delivery.

Feb 10, 2021 • 5 min read
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Summary

A descriptive text of the 3 primary keys to achieving continuous flow for increased throughput and high-value delivery. We learn roles that visualizing and limiting the work in process (WIP), reducing the batch sizes of the work items, and managing queue lengths play to eliminate the obstacles that hinder seamless flow in an organization. Read to know more about the advantages of these principles and the reason lean organizations leverage them for real-time flow to turn new system features quickly from concept to cash.

Takeaways

  • Lean enterprises strive for a state of continuous flow, which allows them to move new system features quickly from 'concept to cash' but this requires eliminating the traditional start-stop-start project initiation and development process, along with the incumbent phase gates that hinder flow.
  • There are several ways that increase throughput and value delivery by achieving continuous flow but the key methods are:
    Visualizing and limiting the work in process (WIP), reducing the batch sizes of the work items, and managing queue lengths.

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