For me, it’s all about getting the backlogs together and putting strict limits on WIP. It is a mess to find a bottleneck, or get to done, when too many things are in flight. Remember: there is one expedite slot to override WIP, but only one. Two ways to limit WIP: With the value stream mapped, look at the resources within a certain step and ensure there are no more slots than people in that step. If there is an inability to get the value stream map, or while you’re going there, write a sticky for the name of each … Continue reading →