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The Hidden Costs of Queues in Product Development

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Pedro Arantes
CTO | Product Developer

In product development and process management, queues can silently become a significant source of economic waste. Queues delay progress, reduce efficiency, and create ripple effects that harm quality, motivation, and ultimately, business outcomes. This article explores seven critical forms of waste that queues generate: idle capacity, longer cycle times, increased risk, greater variability, more overhead, lower quality, and diminished motivation.