Appendix CRelease Cycle Productivity Formula
Consider the case of releases with quarterly Cost of Delay “C” and cycle time “T.” Assume the release can be split into quarterly releases with Cost of Delay C/4, assuming a quarter of the release value is delivered each quarter. Figure C.1 stacks the Investments within a one‐year period by Cost of Delay, so the gray area represents income generated by each Investment. Within each gray area, the income generated is Time × Cost of Delay.
The additional income generated within the gray area is
This represents additional income pulled into this year by quarterly releases. The income generated by the ...
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