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When work accumulates in front of a development bottleneck, a queue forms. As queues grow, cycle times lengthen, feedback is delayed, and quality drops. Crucially, queue size does not grow linearly with utilization. According to queueing theory (specifically Kingman’s formula), as a resource approaches 100% capacity, the wait time for tasks approaching that resource increases exponentially. If you want to dive deeper into these
To bridge this gap, forward-thinking organizations are turning away from traditional gate-driven processes and turning toward . Inspired by lean manufacturing but re-engineered for the high-variability world of product design, these principles eliminate hidden costs and accelerate value delivery. As queues grow, cycle times lengthen, feedback is
In a manufacturing plant, high capacity utilization (keeping machines running 100% of the time) maximizes efficiency. In product development, high capacity utilization causes catastrophic delays. The Physics of Queues In product development