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Make sense of queues, work in progress, forecasting, and team capacity. These concepts explain why a busy team can still struggle to finish work.
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4 termsEffective capacity
Effective capacity is a concept used in software delivery planning to describe a condition, relationship, estimate, or decision about engineering work.
Flow and capacity planningExpedite lane
An expedite lane is a class of service for work whose cost of waiting is unusually high. It is a policy with a small capacity allowance, not a general fast track for every request.
Flow and capacity planningExplicit work policies
Explicit work policies are shared, observable agreements for workflow behavior. They can define entry criteria, WIP limits, service classes, pull rules, blocked handling, and completion conditions.
Flow and capacity planningExternal dependency
External dependency is a concept used in software delivery planning to describe a condition, relationship, estimate, or decision about engineering work.
Flow and capacity planning