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CFD — Software Delivery Team

Ten weeks of a platform team's Kanban board, computing WIP from the commitment point, weekly throughput, Little's Law cycle time and the flow efficiency lost to the review queue.

Template previewFlow metrics (CFD)
Platform team — Q3 delivery flow0100200300cumulative storiesIn progress growingReview growingIn progress limit 82024-07-012024-07-082024-07-152024-07-222024-07-292024-08-052024-08-122024-08-192024-08-262024-09-02Backlog (queue)Ready (queue)In progressReview (queue)DoneWIP35 storiescommitted at ReadyTHROUGHPUT10.7 / week1.52 stories/dayCYCLE TIME ≈23 daysLittle's Law: WIP ÷ throughputLEAD TIME ≈93.8 daysall 143 stories in systemFLOW EFFICIENCY29%10 active · 25 waitingDELIVERY TREND↑ 22%accelerating · 96 doneStageTypeWIP (stories)LimitTime (days)Backlogwaiting108—70.9Readywaiting15—9.8In progressactive1086.6Reviewwaiting10—6.6Donedone96——!WIP growth: In progress widened for 6 straight periods (2024-07-01 → 2024-08-12, +6 stories)!Queue growth: Review widened for 5 straight periods (2024-07-29 → 2024-09-02, +5 stories)!In progress holds 10 stories against a WIP limit of 8

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title "Platform team — Q3 delivery flow"
unit stories
stages: Backlog*, Ready*, In progress, Review*, Done
commit Ready
wip-limit "In progress" 8

# Cumulative stories that have ENTERED each stage by that Monday.
2024-07-01 | 148,  26,   8,   4,   0
2024-07-08 | 156,  34,  18,  13,   9
2024-07-15 | 165,  44,  29,  23,  19
2024-07-22 | 173,  55,  40,  33,  28
2024-07-29 | 182,  66,  51,  43,  38
2024-08-05 | 192,  78,  62,  53,  47
2024-08-12 | 203,  90,  75,  65,  58
2024-08-19 | 214, 103,  88,  78,  70
2024-08-26 | 226, 117, 102,  92,  83
2024-09-02 | 239, 131, 116, 106,  96