{"id":78773,"date":"2026-07-12T02:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangla.sitestree.com\/?p=78773"},"modified":"2026-07-12T02:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:48:45","slug":"define-metrics-cycle-time-lead-time-throughput-for-kanabn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bangla.sitestree.com\/?p=78773","title":{"rendered":"define: Metrics: cycle time, lead time, throughput for kanabn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>Kanban<\/strong>, these three metrics measure <strong>flow<\/strong> \u2014 how smoothly work moves from request to completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Metric<\/th><th>Simple definition<\/th><th>Measures from \u2192 to<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Lead Time<\/strong><\/td><td>Total time from when the work is requested until it is completed.<\/td><td><strong>Request created \u2192 Done<\/strong><\/td><td>A bug is reported Monday and fixed Friday. Lead time = 5 days.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cycle Time<\/strong><\/td><td>Time from when the team actually starts working on the item until it is completed.<\/td><td><strong>Work starts \u2192 Done<\/strong><\/td><td>The bug is reported Monday, but work starts Wednesday and finishes Friday. Cycle time = 3 days.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Throughput<\/strong><\/td><td>Number of work items completed in a period of time.<\/td><td><strong>Completed items per day\/week\/sprint<\/strong><\/td><td>Team completes 12 tickets in one week. Throughput = 12 items\/week.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Agile metrics slides define <strong>throughput<\/strong> as the number of work items completed in a given time period, <strong>lead time<\/strong> as the time from request to delivery, and <strong>cycle time<\/strong> as the time from active work start to completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple teaching explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lead time = customer waiting time.<\/strong><br><strong>Cycle time = team working time.<\/strong><br><strong>Throughput = how many items the team finishes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example using Kanban board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A task moves like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Backlog \u2192 To Do \u2192 In Progress \u2192 Review \u2192 Done<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suppose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Student submits a helpdesk request on <strong>Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team starts working on it on <strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team finishes it on <strong>Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Metric<\/th><th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Lead Time<\/strong><\/td><td>Monday to Friday = 5 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cycle Time<\/strong><\/td><td>Wednesday to Friday = 3 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Throughput<\/strong><\/td><td>If 10 tasks were finished that week, throughput = 10 tasks\/week<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key difference<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lead time includes waiting time. Cycle time only includes active work time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if work sits in <strong>To Do<\/strong> for 4 days before anyone starts, that waiting time increases <strong>lead time<\/strong>, but not <strong>cycle time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">REF: AI Tools as is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Kanban, these three metrics measure flow \u2014 how smoothly work moves from request to completion. Metric Simple definition Measures from \u2192 to Example Lead Time Total time from when the work is requested until it is completed. Request created \u2192 Done A bug is reported Monday and fixed Friday. Lead time = 5 days. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/bangla.sitestree.com\/?p=78773\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1661],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agile-","item-wrap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78761,"url":"http:\/\/bangla.sitestree.com\/?p=78761","url_meta":{"origin":78773,"position":0},"title":"Kanban: Flow metrics","author":"Sayed","date":"July 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Flow metrics measure how smoothly and quickly work moves through a workflow, especially in Kanban. 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