Concepts
The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types
Rule
Kanban column with a growing queue IS the bottleneck — no…
When cards accumulate in one column of a kanban board creating a visible queue, treat that column as the current bottleneck without requiring separate cycle time analysis.
1 lessonsystems-thinkingkanbanconstraints
Rule
Set WIP limits per pipeline stage (solo
Set work-in-progress limits for each pipeline stage (typical solo creator: Draft—3, Review—2, Polish—2) and do not start new items in a stage until existing items advance, to prevent attention fragmentation and increase throughput.
1 lessonwip-limitskanbanattention-management