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CFD — Video Content Pipeline

A six-stage video studio sampled fortnightly, showing 80% flow efficiency on commissioned work while the uncommissioned idea backlog inflates from 32 to 47 titles.

Template previewFlow metrics (CFD)
Video content pipeline — commission to publish050100150cumulative videosIdea backlog growing2025-01-062025-01-202025-02-032025-02-172025-03-032025-03-172025-03-312025-04-14Idea backlog (queue)ScriptingFilmingEditingReview (queue)PublishedWIP20 videoscommitted at ScriptingTHROUGHPUT2.4 / week0.34 videos/dayCYCLE TIME ≈59.4 daysLittle's Law: WIP ÷ throughputLEAD TIME ≈199 daysall 67 videos in systemFLOW EFFICIENCY80%16 active · 4 waitingDELIVERY TREND→ 2%steady · 41 doneStageTypeWIP (videos)LimitTime (days)Idea backlogwaiting47—139.6Scriptingactive3—8.9Filmingactive7—20.8Editingactive6—17.8Reviewwaiting4—11.9Publisheddone41——!Queue growth: Idea backlog widened for 7 straight periods (2025-01-06 → 2025-04-14, +15 videos)!Arrivals outran deliveries by 13 videos across the window

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title "Video content pipeline — commission to publish"
unit videos
stages: Idea backlog*, Scripting, Filming, Editing, Review*, Published
commit Scripting

# Fortnightly snapshots; only work past Scripting counts as WIP.
2025-01-06 |  62, 30, 22, 16, 12,  8
2025-01-20 |  68, 34, 27, 21, 16, 12
2025-02-03 |  75, 39, 32, 26, 21, 17
2025-02-17 |  81, 43, 37, 31, 26, 22
2025-03-03 |  88, 48, 42, 36, 31, 27
2025-03-17 |  94, 52, 47, 41, 36, 32
2025-03-31 | 101, 57, 52, 46, 41, 37
2025-04-14 | 108, 61, 58, 51, 45, 41