5. Value Delivery in Weeks versus Months
Weeks
VS
In Traditional projects:
• Value is only delivered at the
completion of last Phase of the
Project
• Real value cannot be recognized
during the majority of the
development process
• Maximum value is achieved at
product launch
Months
In Agile Projects:
• Each iteration delivers
incremental functionality
intended to continuously reflect
the customer chosen direction for
the product
• Customer realizes value as early
as the completion of the first
iteration
• Frequent integration at the end of
each iteration ensures product
quality early in the product
lifecycle
27. • Cycle Time measures the completion rate
• Cycle time clock starts when work begins on the request and ends when
the item is ready for delivery.
• WIP = 100 work items in progress
• Throughput = 2 work items per week
• Cycle Time = 100 / 2 = 50 weeks
This means that the Cycle Time to clear out all of this WIP is going to be 50
weeks, or roughly one year.
Ticket
Live
Ticket
Created
Start
Work
Cycle Time
Manage Flow – Cycle Time