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Stable does not always mean steady
Unwinding a common myth about stable flow
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Krishna Kumar
Keeping Work Moving
The physics of attention in software development
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Krishna Kumar
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Throughput != $$$$
Deconstructing the economics of flow in software development
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Krishna Kumar

June 2023

Stability, First.
Resisting the siren song of better estimation in software development
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Krishna Kumar
Flow metrics are not manufacturing metrics
Why you should measure flow metrics in software development
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Krishna Kumar
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May 2023

A parking lot is not a highway at capacity
Reasoning about throughput and utilization with the Utilization Law
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Krishna Kumar
A highway at capacity is not a parking lot
But it can feel like one...
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Krishna Kumar
Flow Signals and Flow Metrics
The GSM Framework applied to Product Development Flow
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Krishna Kumar
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April 2023

Developer Productivity & The Streetlight Effect
Looking for knowledge in all the easy places.
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Krishna Kumar

December 2022

Why estimates suck
It may not be what you think
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Krishna Kumar

September 2022

The Iron Triangle of Flow
A gentle introduction to Little's Law
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Krishna Kumar
Beyond Cards on a Board
Analyzing the flow of the invisible work of software development
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Krishna Kumar
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