Kanban em Inglês: Gestão Visual de Fluxo para Times Globais

Vocabulário Essencial

Comparativo: como um iniciante diria vs. como um executivo nativo diria

WIP Limit (Work In Progress Limit)

Maximum number of work items allowed in a workflow stage.

❌ Básico

"How much work at a time."

✅ Executivo

"We've set a WIP limit of 5 in the development column to optimize flow."

Quando usar: Discussões de capacidade e fluxo.

Pull System

Work is pulled into the next stage only when capacity is available.

❌ Básico

"Take work when ready."

✅ Executivo

"Our pull system ensures teams only take new work when they have capacity."

Quando usar: Explicação do modelo Kanban.

Lead Time

Time from when work is requested to when it's delivered.

❌ Básico

"How long it takes."

✅ Executivo

"We've reduced lead time from 14 days to 6 days through WIP management."

Quando usar: Métricas de eficiência e reports.

Throughput

Number of work items completed per time period.

❌ Básico

"How much we finish."

✅ Executivo

"Our throughput increased from 12 to 18 items per week after optimizing WIP."

Quando usar: Capacity planning e forecasting.

Bottleneck

A workflow stage that constrains overall throughput.

❌ Básico

"Where things get stuck."

✅ Executivo

"Code review is our current bottleneck. We're addressing it by cross-training."

Quando usar: Análise de fluxo e melhoria.

Cycle Time

Time from when work starts to when it's completed.

❌ Básico

"Time to do the work."

✅ Executivo

"Average cycle time for bug fixes is 2.3 days, down from 4.1 days."

Quando usar: Métricas de processo e reports.