Walk the Friday backlog
Use a sequence of flow decisions to reduce a Friday night lane backlog without creating new hidden queues.
Rush hour The lobby is full, the wait board says 38 minutes, and four parties have paid but are not yet bowling. The desk wants permission to keep taking walk-ins. If you push more parties into a blocked workflow, the visible line may move while the real wait gets worse. Kanban lens Visualize WIP -> manage the constraint -> protect the next promise The goal is not to make every station look busy. The goal is to finish the work item that matters: a party actively bowling on a ready lane. React Keep selling and hope the floor catches up.…
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