Why Measuring Individual Cycle Time is Killing Your Flow (And What to Do Instead)
Scrum.org
JULY 8, 2025
Looking at cycle time for an individual is a fundamental misunderstanding of how flow works in a system—unless the individual is the system. And here is why! Process Cycle Efficiency (PCE) Drives Flow, Not Individual Productivity Kanban isn’t about individual productivity; it’s about optimising the flow of work through a system. When you measure an individual’s cycle time, you ignore the real bottlenecks—queues, dependencies, and wait times that slow everything down.
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