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The Cumulative Flow Diagram – Metrics in Personal Kanban

This post discusses the most powerful – but perhaps most intimidating – technique. In upcoming posts we’ll look as some less intense methods,  so don’t let this post scare you. In kanban for software design, a “cumulative flow diagram” is used to track performance. A big part of the cumulative flow diagram is its ability [...]

Reducing waste can save more than time.

Making Waste Explicit

Noticing waste serves no purpose. Understanding it does. Whether we seek to manage waste or attempt to eliminate it entirely, we need to know how much of it exists and what form it takes – what’s its volume, its shape, its weight.  So we monitor it. We watch it. We learn from how it grows, how [...]