Summary
In this chapter, we looked at Lean flow as part of the CALMR model. We know that achieving a Lean flow of work where the progression of work is steady and teams are neither overburdened nor underburdened allows for the success of the other parts of the model. To that end, we took a close look at Lean practices that allow teams to achieve Lean flow.
The first practice we investigated was to make sure that all the work a team commits to and its progress are visible. To ensure this visibility, we looked at the types of work a team could do. We then mapped that work to a Kanban board, highlighting the features of the board that allow us to see the progress for any one piece of work and where urgent work could go. We saw how we can visualize WIP on the Kanban board and how to keep WIP in check using WIP limits.
From there, we took a look at the size of the work or batch size. We strove to understand the importance of making sure the batch size was as small as possible. We...