Deliver Value Fast (Reduce Lead Time)
Category: Lean Principles
Principle Intent
Reduce the time between recognizing a need and delivering value to the customer. Fast delivery enables faster learning, earlier feedback, and greater responsiveness to change.
How to Apply This Principle
This principle is part of the Entrowise Principles Library and is used in the PPA Method to diagnose recurring delivery problems and develop principle-aligned actions. When this principle is violated, delivery teams often experience recurring symptoms that resist solution because the root cause—the violated principle—is never addressed directly.