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The Most Important Metric of Little's Law Isn't In The Equation

This is post 6 of 9 in our Little's Law series.

May 23, 2023

What's the Tallest Mountain On Earth?

If, like most everyone else, you answered, "Mount Everest," then you are not quite right. But you are not quite wrong, either.

May 14, 2023

The Deviance of Standard Deviation

Before getting too far into this post, there are two references that do a far better job than I ever will at explaining the deficiency of the standard ...

Apr 24, 2023

One Law. Two Equations.

This is post 4 of 9 in our Little's Law series.

Apr 24, 2023

Is your workflow hiding key signals?

There are lots of signals that you can get from visualizing your work - especially on a Kanban board. You can see bottlenecks, blockers, and excess ...

Mar 27, 2023

Probabilistic vs. deterministic forecasting

Do you hear people throwing around words like probabilistic and deterministic forecasting, and you aren't sure exactly what they mean? Well, I'm writing this ...

Mar 25, 2023

The Two Faces of Little's Law

This is post 3 of 9 in our Little's Law series.

Mar 21, 2023

A (Very) Brief History of Little's Law

This post is part 2 in our Little's Law series.

Mar 16, 2023

When an Equation Isn't Equal

This is post 1 of 9 in our Little's Law series.

Mar 7, 2023

In God We Trust. All Others Bring Data.

Before proceeding, it would be worth reviewing Julia's excellent posts on the four basic metrics of Flow:

Feb 8, 2023