Coffee Bytes with DevOps

Stuck in the Multitasking Maze? 🌀 Break Free with WIP Limits!

Swami K
2 min readApr 19, 2023
🚦Slow Down to Speed Up: Embrace WIP Limits in Tech!💻🔥 | @iSwamiK

🚦Slow Down to Speed Up: Embrace WIP Limits in Tech!💻🔥

🚀 Hey there, Marvel DevOps fanatics! Swami K here, welcoming you to another exciting edition of “Coffee Bytes with DevOps” ☕️. Today, we’ll chat about limiting Work in Process (WIP) and how it can transform your team’s productivity, just like Tony Stark turns into Iron Man! 💥

📚 Picture this: your tech team is the Avengers, and you’re all trying to save the world from daily chaos 🌍. But the demands of multiple stakeholders make your days feel like you’re fighting Thanos on multiple fronts! 💢 That’s where limiting WIP swoops in to save the day, just like Doctor Strange’s time-bending tricks. 🧙‍♂️

💼 By using a Kanban board and setting WIP limits, your team can focus on one mission at a time, just like the Avengers in the final battle against Thanos! So, instead of juggling multiple tasks and getting lost in the Multiverse of Madness, let’s follow the wise words of David J. Andersen: “Stop starting. Start finishing.” 🏁

🔧 Limiting WIP helps you spot problems faster than Quicksilver, and tackling them head-on is way better than aimlessly starting new tasks. By controlling the queue size, you’ll get better at predicting lead times, just like how Doctor Strange saw 14,000,605 possible futures in “Infinity War”! 🕰️

🎉 So, there you have it, folks! Embrace the power of limiting WIP and watch your team’s productivity soar like Captain Marvel! 🌟

💬 What do you think? Have you ever tried limiting WIP in your DevOps journey? How did it work out for your team? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below! 🤔

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Swami K
Swami K

Written by Swami K

Senior Director of DevOps & SRE at Kissflow | Integrating Netflix DevOps Culture & Google SRE Practices to Empower Our Engineering Team 🚀🔧

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