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    Harm No. 4 of Kanban Column WIP Limits: It is Tampering with the System

    Column WIP Limits are harmful!

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    Steve Tendon

    Steve Tendon

    Founder & Managing Director, TameFlow Consulting Limited, and creator of the TameFlow Approach.

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    Column WIP limits…

    … induce tampering with the system. Tampering was defined by Deming as a waste of productive time that causes loss of focus. Playing with column WIP limit is a waste of time.

    Quoted from: Tame the Flow.

    Tags: Chronologist, Kanban, WIP Limits

    Updated: September 30, 2013

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