Reduce Work in Progress (WIP) to Improve Flow Efficiency

This standard mandates reducing Work in Progress (WIP) to improve flow efficiency by minimising parallel work to prevent context switching and inefficiencies.

1. Reduce Work in Progress (WIP) to Improve Flow Efficiency:

Minimise parallel work to prevent context switching and inefficiencies. This approach ensures that teams focus on completing tasks efficiently.

• 1.1 WIP Limit Setting:
  • 1.1.1 Task Completion Focus:
    • Set WIP limits to ensure teams focus on completing work before starting new tasks.
    • Automate the configuration of WIP limits.
  • 1.1.2 Limit Management:
    • Automate the tracking of WIP limit adherence.
    • Implement limit tutorials.
• 1.2 Flow-Based Delivery:
  • 1.2.1 Visualisation and Control:
    • Use Kanban, flow-based delivery, or lean principles to visualise and control WIP.
    • Automate the creation of Kanban boards.
  • 1.2.2 Delivery Management:
    • Automate the tracking of flow-based delivery implementations.
    • Implement delivery feedback collection.
• 1.3 Backlog Review:
  • 1.3.1 Stalled Work Removal:
    • Regularly review and remove stalled or unprioritised work from the backlog.
    • Automate the tracking of backlog reviews.
  • 1.3.2 Review Management:
    • Automate the tracking of stalled work removals.
    • Implement review tutorials.

By reducing WIP, organisations can improve flow efficiency and reduce context switching.

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