QuestionQ3

Plan and build service value streams

A service provider receives many complaints about the time required to fulfil predefined requests submitted by users. Value-stream analysis has shown that the average cycle time at every request-fulfilment step is short and meets the agreements, but the average lead time is unacceptably long and request fulfilment exceeds the agreed time.

What should the service provider investigate further to improve the situation?

  • A Investigate which tasks take too long to complete and why
  • B Investigate where queues appear in the workflow and what causes them
  • C Investigate whether delays are related to transfers and wait times
  • D Investigate the workflow metrics to understand what causes the delays
Explanation

Lead time includes elapsed time spent waiting in queues between workflow activities, whereas short cycle times show that the individual fulfillment activities are being completed quickly. Identifying where queues arise and their causes targets the source of the excessive end-to-end fulfillment time.

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