The Polaris Flow Dispatch

Stabilizing Flow with Timeboxes

A Tale of Flows - Part 2

Oct 12 • 

Krishna Kumar

3

How Flows Stabilize

A Tale of Flows - Part 1

Oct 5 • 

Krishna Kumar

4

September 2025

What is Residence Time?

Its not a cycle time by another name

Sep 30 • 

Krishna Kumar

2

How long does it take?

Measuring process time in a complex adaptive system

Sep 23 • 

Krishna Kumar

6

Little's Law in a Complex Adaptive System

Applying sample path analysis to real-world software product development

Sep 10 • 

Krishna Kumar

5

August 2025

The Causal Arrow in Little's Law

Why Little's Law matters in the "real world"

Aug 22 • 

Krishna Kumar

6

A Brief History of Little's Law

Its evolution through mathematical proofs

Aug 18 • 

Krishna Kumar

7

July 2025

The Many Faces of Little's Law

Its good for more than just managing assembly lines

Jul 29 • 

Krishna Kumar

3

December 2024

Modeling the Value Exchange

The building block for the flow of value

Dec 15, 2024 • 

Krishna Kumar

3

Value Exchanges and Collaboration Protocols

The building blocks of value streams

Dec 8, 2024 • 

Krishna Kumar

4

November 2024

Value Networks and Value Streams

Connecting flow of value to flow of work

Nov 23, 2024 • 

Krishna Kumar

3

Value Networks and Value Stream Management

From Purpose to Process

Nov 9, 2024 • 

Krishna Kumar