Fighting the Invisible Enemy
This talk focuses on demonstrating the presence and the negative impact of invisible queues in the work of real teams. The typical response is to focus on improving efficiencies or just to start new work. But what if these wait-states are actually where we should be focusing our improvement efforts first? These invisible piles of unfinished work slow us down far more than we realize, sucking team productivity, and making everything take longer than it should. In this session, you’ll see the power of focusing on flow and managing queues by visualizing them as timelines. I can’t get you out of boring meetings, but I can help you reduce waste so you can improve team flow and focus on building better software faster.
Outline/Structure of the Talk
How to think about capacity - Parking lots and freeways
Critical properties of queues, and how they affect productivity for teams
Demonstrate how traffic simulations provide insights into how queues work
Demo flow data as timelines for real teams
10 ways of improving product development flow in effectively managing queues
Learning Outcome
Explain how teams should focus first on flow rather than capacity, by managing queues effectively
Understand critical characteristics of queues and how they impact team productivity
10 ways of improving product development flow in effectively managing queues
Target Audience
This talk is for team members who want to improve their product development flow.
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