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Cycle time optimization

Analyze and improve your team's cycle time metrics

Analyze cycle time data to identify opportunities for faster delivery. This activity helps you understand and improve your team's delivery predictability.

40 minutes
analysis

Overview

Analyze cycle time data to identify opportunities for faster delivery. This activity helps you understand and improve your team's delivery predictability.

Learning objectives

  • Measure current cycle times
  • Identify variation causes
  • Design improvements

Instructions

Analyze cycle time:

1. Gather cycle time data (last 30 items) 2. Calculate average and variation 3. Identify outliers and causes 4. Find improvement patterns 5. Set improvement targets

Steps

1

Data gathering

15 minutes

Collect cycle time metrics

2

Analysis

15 minutes

Find patterns and causes

3

Improvement planning

10 minutes

Set targets and actions

Pro tips

  • •Segment by work item type
  • •Look for aging items
  • •Consider flow efficiency

Example outcome

Cycle time analysis with improvement targets and action plan

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