Jul 6, 2026
Flow metrics: the four numbers that predict delivery
Velocity tells you how busy a team was. Flow metrics tell you when work ships — WIP, cycle time, throughput, and age, the four numbers that forecast it.
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Velocity tells you how busy a team was. Flow metrics tell you when work ships — WIP, cycle time, throughput, and age, the four numbers that forecast it.
ReadMost capacity planning is a spreadsheet that is wrong by Wednesday. Plan real capacity from live signals — availability, WIP, and throughput — not a guess.
ReadStory-point estimates are slow, contentious, and usually wrong. Probabilistic forecasting answers 'when will it ship?' with a confidence level — using only the completion data your team already produces.
ReadMost customer health scores measure what already happened and feel reassuring right up until the churn email arrives. A health score worth having predicts, and predictions look backward only at your peril.
ReadThe four DORA metrics are the best-validated measure of delivery performance there is — and the easiest to turn into vanity dashboards. How to use them to find bottlenecks instead of to grade people.
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