December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
8h 23m
English
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.
—Thomas Koenig
We notice that queueing theory garners polar reactions; some find it inconsequential (for development) while others find it useful to motivate or apply lean product development.
Chapter
• Queue Management to Reduce Cycle Time 96
• Hidden Batches: Eyes for Batches 110
• Hidden Queues: Eyes for Queues 111
• Indirect Benefits of Reducing Batch Size and Cycle Time 112
• Applying Queue Management in Scrum 115
Queueing theory offers insight into why traditional product development is unnecessarily slow—and what to do about it. We very occasionally coach web-application groups ...