Little's Law
Definition of Little’s Law
Little’s Law is a description of the Mathematical relationship between work in progress, lead time, and throughput.
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LI-tuhlz LAW
Example Sentence
Enforcing the assumptions of Little’s Law led the team to improve their predictability.
Significance
Agile practitioners benefit from understanding “Little’s Law” as it’s a mathematical formula used to analyze flow and predict system behavior. It assists in managing work in progress and optimizing process performance.
Additional Resources
- Stable Systems: Little’s Law and Kanban
- The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams
- Drunk Agile: Episode 14 - Assumptions of Little’s Law
- Drunk Agile: Episode 15 - Little’s Law Myths
- Little’s Law for Professional Scrum with Kanban
- Conway Is Killing You and Little Is Helping
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