Measuring lead time is important and is a key performance indicator (KPI) that every Agile team should track. Poor lead time causes bottlenecks in the team production flow, inefficiencies, delay costs, not to mention unhappy customers. Come to this session to discuss with others how to track and monitor improvement on lead time.
10. I was really interested in
measuring a whiskey bottle
average lead time in my bar...
11. “The average number of work
items in a stable system is equal
to their average completion rate,
multiplied by their average time
in the system.”
John Little, 1961
131. Planning
131
Functionality
4
2
8
8
2
4
8
4
Total Scope: 8 Stories
On day 6 out of 15:
3 Stories are done, 2 are in
progress; 3 to go
Avg lead time = 5 days and
the team work on 3 stories in
parallel
Total Scope: 8 Stories
On day 6 out of 15:
3 Stories are done, 2 are in
progress; 3 to go
Avg lead time = 5 days and
the team work on 3 stories in
parallel
done
In
progress
next
132. Will we make it?
Answer based on lead time: yes, we
should finish all stories by day 15
132
Answer based on velocity: we need to increate the
team velocity, otherwise we will not finish all 40
story points by day 15
vs.