Applying Little’s Law in Agile Games
Have you ever used Little’s Law to explain that lower WiP (work in progress) limits lead to shorter cycle times? Ever tried to illustrate Little’s Law in an Agile game and found it doesn’t hold? Then...
View ArticleWhy Little’s Law Works…Always
On the internet there is much information on Little’s Law. It is described an explained in many places [Vac]. Recently, the conditions under which it is true got attention [Ram11]. As will be...
View ArticleLittle’s Law in 3D
The much used relation between average cycle time, average total work and input rate (or throughput) is known as Little’s Law. It is often used to argue that it is a good thing to work on less items at...
View ArticleHelp! Too Many Incidents! – Capacity Assignment Policy In Agile Teams
As an Agile coach, scrum master, product owner, or team member you probably have been in the situation before in which more work is thrown at the team than the team has capacity to resolve. In case of...
View ArticleDemonstration of the Exactness of Little’s Law
Little’s Law is a powerful tool that relates the amount the work a team is doing and the average lead time of each work item. Basically there are two main applications involving either 1) the input...
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