WIP limits
Cap the number of items in progress to shorten cycle time and expose bottlenecks.
- Use when
- Many items in progress, long cycle times, context switching.
- Avoid when
- Single large indivisible deliverable.
- Source
- The Kanban Guide; Little's law
- Level
- A · standard
For agents · MCP
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