WIP Limits Should Hurt Part of the purpose of WIP limits is to reveal opportunities for improvement. Imposing WIP limits will focus attention on work which is blocked or hard to complete, since our inability to complete it prevents us picking up new work. At this point, it’s tempting to relax WIP limits to make sure “something is getting done.” It’s essential to avoid this temptation and address the sources of the problem instead.
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