Further reading
Here are some resources for you to explore this topic further:
- Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work and Flow by Dominica DeGrandis: A look at five time thieves and how Lean practices can remove them. Too much WIP is identified as one of these time thieves.
- The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt: A look at the Theory of Constraints and how to eliminate bottlenecks in your process.
- Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business by David J. Anderson: The authoritative source on Kanban. Further exploration of the Kanban board and limiting WIP can be found here.
- The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald Reinertsen: An exhaustive look at the economics behind Lean practices in this chapter, whether limiting WIP, identifying the ideal batch size, or the effects of utilization and variability the effects of utilization and variability.
- Project to Product: How to...