partially completed work that sits idle on the bench.
— Making Work Visible, Second Edition, Dominica Degrandis
Neglected Work
2 of our books define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.
Neglected work: Partially completed work that sits idle.
— Flow Engineering, in “8 Future State Value Stream Mapping”, Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis
See also A3 · Capacity Utilization · Conflicting Priorities · Constraint · Context Switch · Cycle Time
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