#wip — Work in… What ? | #scrum.org
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WIP — Work in… What? | Scrum.orgBy: Peter Götz, Professional Scrum Trainer, Scrum.orgScrum and #kanban are a great combination. With this insight more and more Scrum Teams become aware of terms and phrases used in Kanban. Like ‘WIP’.When I have used this acronym in the past I have read it as ‘work in progress’. In his book ‘The Goal’ Eliyahu M. Goldratt consequently uses ‘work in process’. I realized this but didn’t give it much thought.This week, though, I discussed WIP with a colleague and we talked about the difference of ‘work in progress’ and ‘work in process’. And only then I realized that the two phrases mean something completely different.Work in Progressprogress (n): a forward or onward movement (as to an objective or to a goal)progress (v): 1. to move forward or 2. to develop to a higher, better, (...)