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Apply Little's Law To What You Can Control
Feb 3, 2024
Learn about the benefits of focusing on one task at a time and increasing productivity through limiting work in progress. Discover how to apply the concept of limiting work in progress to job hunting and how managing queues can impact our lives.
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- Limiting the number of tasks in progress increases productivity and enables earlier delivery.
- Little's Law can be applied to personal task lists to avoid context switching and achieve timely outcomes.
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Introduction to Little's Law and its Application to Productivity
Little's Law is a concept fundamental to the Kanban method, but it can also be applied to personal productivity and focus. Little's Law states that the average number of items in a system is equal to the arrival rate of those items times the average time spent in the system. By limiting the number of tasks or items in progress, individuals and teams can deliver things earlier and focus their energy more effectively.
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