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Boosting Efficiency with WIP Aging Insights and Tools

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When examining real workflow data, there's a common pattern: clusters of tasks that have aged significantly, some clearly stagnating beyond recognition acceptable timeframes. These cases point to one of the most important yet very often overlooked metrics in flow management: WIP Aging. WIP (Work In Progress) Aging measures the elapsed time that a work item has … Continue reading Boosting Efficiency with WIP Aging Insights and Tools

Monte Carlo Simulation: Forecasting Throughput and Project Timelines

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TL;DR: Forecasting team Throughput is super-easy and much more reliable than traditional methods, if you limit your work in Progress. Reliability confirmed by research data. We've already extensively covered Throughput (one of the flow metrics), how to analyze Throughput data from 3 key angles. And why it's better for forecasting than storypoints. Now let's get … Continue reading Monte Carlo Simulation: Forecasting Throughput and Project Timelines

5 Reasons Why Your Story Points Aren’t Working (And What to Do About It)

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Over seven years of running Story Points workshops, I've seen the same pattern: teams learn the technique, apply it for a few sprints, then gradually drift back to old habits. At my current scale — 47 teams, around 400 people in IT — 60% use Story Points, 40% don't. What's interesting: those 60% who do … Continue reading 5 Reasons Why Your Story Points Aren’t Working (And What to Do About It)