21. “these card walls are not inherently
kanban systems. They are merely
visual control systems. They allow
teams to visually observe work-in-
progress and to self-organize, assign
their own tasks, and move work
from a backlog to complete”
79. “Yet another choice would be to
… adopt a policy of exceeding
the WIP limit when a burst of
production text changes arrives...
This was the choice made in the
real example ...”
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83. “For example, if we had ten
people and anticipated two
people per item, the WIP limit
might be five plus a few more to
smooth the impact of a
blockage. Perhaps eight (five plus
three) would be the right limit in
such circumstances.”
84. … so we are already dealing with
variance for upper limit…
85. … but, what about
a variance for less?
(to avoid starvation)
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91. “For example, if we had ten
people and anticipated two
people per item, the WIP limit
might be five plus a few more to
smooth the impact of a
blockage. Perhaps eight (five plus
three) would be the right limit in
such circumstances.”
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96. Thank you!
Questions?
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Paulo Caroli Agile Coach
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