According to Little’s Law, which of the following statements is true if a team reduces its Work in Progress (WIP) limit? (choose the best two answers)

According to Little’s Law, which of the following statements is true if a team reduces its Work in Progress (WIP) limit? (choose the best two answers)
A . In a given time period, the average number of Product Backlog items (throughput) completed will likely increase.
B. Average time between starting and finishing (cycle time) of Product Backlog items will likely decrease.
C. Quality of work completed will likely increase.
D. Value of each backlog item completed likely will go up.

View Answer

Answer: A,B

Explanation:

The fundamental result of Little’s Law is that for a given process, in general, the more things that you work on at any given time (on average) the longer it is going to take for each of those things to finish (on average). Average Cycle Time = Average Work In Progress / Average Throughput