Steve Tendon

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

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

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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.

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