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Leanpub empowers authors and publishers with the Lean Publishing process. Lean Publishing is the act of publishing an in-progress ebook using lightweight tools and many iterations to get reader feedback, pivot until you have the right book and build traction once you do.  \n© 2022 Daniel Vacanti and Will Seele  \nContents  \nWhy This Book .......................... 1  \nThanks ............................. 1  \nChapter 1-Let’s Begin ..................... 2  \nWhat Is Flow? ......................... 2  \nSetting Up To Measure Flow ................ 3  \nConclusion .......................... 7  \nChapter 2-The Basic Metrics of Flow ............ 8  \nWork In Progress ....................... 9  \nCycle Time .......................... 10  \nWork Item Age ........................ 12  \nThroughput .......................... 12  \nData Collection and Calculation .............. 14  \nRandomness .......................... 18  \nConclusion .......................... 19  \nEndnotes ............................ 19  \nChapter 3-Probabilistic Thinking .............. 20  \nThe End of Determinism .................. 20  \nThe Flaw of Averages .................... 23  \nConclusion .......................... 25  \nEndnotes ............................ 26  \nChapter 4-Two Charts ..................... 27  \nThe Cycle Time Scatterplot ................. 27  \nCONTENTS  \nThe Most Important Chart That You Have Never Heard Of (And How to Use It) ............... 33  \nConclusion .......................... 35  \nEndnotes ............................ 36  \nChapter 5-Sprint Planning, Part I .............. 37  \nWhat Can Be Done In This Sprint? ............. 37  \nMCS in Sprint Planning ................... 39  \nThe Language of Forecasting ................ 47  \nBut What About Complexity? ............... 48  \nEndnotes ............................ 50  \nChapter 6-Sprint Planning, Part II .............. 51  \nRight Sizing .......................... 51  \nTooling ............................. 54  \nDrastically Reduce Planning Time ............. 54  \nConclusion .......................... 55  \nEndnotes ............................ 56  \nChapter 7-The Daily Scrum .................. 57  \nThe SLE ............................ 58  \nPercentiles as Intervention Triggers ............ 60  \nWhat If PBIs Aren’t Flowing As Expected ........ 62  \nA Daily Scrum Example ................... 68  \nConclusion .......................... 70  \nEndnotes ............................ 71  \nChapter 8-The Sprint Review ................. 72  \nWhat Did We Learn Last Sprint? .............. 72  \nWhen Is It Done? ....................... 73  \nWhat Can Be Done? ..................... 75  \nNow What? .......................... 77  \nConclusion .......................... 77  \nEndnotes ............................ 78  \nChapter 9-The Sprint Retrospective ............. 79  \nCONTENTS  \nThe Triangle .......................... 80  \nClusters of Dots ........................ 81  \nGaps .............................. 83  \nInternal and External Variability .............. 84  \nConclusion .......................... 86  \nEndnotes ............................ 86  \nChapter 10-Tooling ....................... 87  \nWhat To Look For In A Tool ................ 88  \nRed Flags ........................... 92  \nConclusion .......................... 94  \nEndnotes ............................ 94  \nChapter 11-Getting Started .................. 95  \nStarting Steps ......................... 95  \nConclusion .......................... 97  \nBibliography ........................... 98  \nWhy This Book  \nThis book came about from Slack dis","cbCaiol8bfc9LTgZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiol8bfc9LTgZ","pdf",1758490,"English","# Why This Book\n# Chapter 1-Let’s Begin\n## What Is Flow?\n## Setting Up To Measure Flow\n# Chapter 2-The Basic Metrics of Flow\n## Work In Progress\n## Cycle Time\n## Work Item Age\n## Throughput\n## Data Collection and Calculation\n## Randomness\n# Chapter 3-Probabilistic Thinking\n## The End of Determinism\n## The Flaw of Averages\n# Chapter 4-Two Charts\n## The Cycle Time Scatterplot\n## The Most Important Chart That You Have Never Heard Of (And How to Use It)\n# Chapter 5-Sprint Planning, Part I\n## What Can Be Done In This Sprint?\n## MCS in Sprint Planning\n# Chapter 6-Sprint Planning, Part II\n## Right Sizing\n## Tooling\n# Chapter 7-The Daily Scrum\n## The SLE\n## Percentiles as Intervention Triggers\n# Chapter 8-The Sprint Review\n## What Did We Learn Last Sprint?\n## When Is It Done?\n# Chapter 9-The Sprint Retrospective\n## The Triangle\n## Clusters of Dots\n# Chapter 10-Tooling\n## What To Look For In A Tool\n## Red Flags\n# Chapter 11-Getting Started\n## Starting Steps\n# Bibliography","[{\"question\":\"Why does the book emphasize flow metrics instead of story points in Scrum?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that story points were never a part of Scrum and aims to help teams move away from story point theater. 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