August 2016
Intermediate to advanced
242 pages
6h 22m
English
Cumulative flow is a measure of the work in progress over time compared to the total project scope (see the figure). Many agile teams measure cumulative flow to see whether they are starting more work than they can finish in an iteration.

The value to the team of measuring cumulative flow is that the team can see whether they need to start fewer features and swarm around them to complete them earlier. For you, the one evaluating the project portfolio, the value is in seeing how much work in progress there is. The more work in progress, the less this project has provided value to the organization.
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