Limiting Work in Progress
Reduce context switching and improve flow by limiting started-but-unfinished work, helping teams focus on collaboration and completion
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Tag: Flow
Code Inventory
Amount of code written but not yet delivered to production - represents unrealized value and risk
less than a minute
Development Cycle Time
Average time from starting work until release to production - a key flow metric for identifying delivery bottlenecks and improving feedback speed
less than a minute
Code Integration Frequency
How often code is integrated to trunk/main - indicator of CI practice maturity and team collaboration
less than a minute
Lead Time
Total time from customer request to delivery in production - measures entire value stream efficiency
less than a minute
Work in Progress (WIP)
Count of started but unfinished work - leading indicator of flow problems and context switching
less than a minute