The measure of productivity of a Kanban team is:

The correct answer is E. Throughput. Throughput is the primary measure of productivity in Kanban, defined as the number of work items (or story points) completed per unit of time (e.g., per week). It directly reflects how much value the team is delivering. Cycle time measures how long an individual item takes to…

Submitted by hassan_iq· Apr 18, 2026Team Performance

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ACycle time
BLead Time
CWork in Progress
DVelocity
EThroughput

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Throughput is the primary measure of productivity in Kanban, defined as the number of work items (or story points) completed per unit of time (e.g., per week). It directly reflects how much value the team is delivering. Cycle time measures how long an individual item takes to complete, lead time measures from request to delivery, WIP is a constraint metric, and velocity is a Scrum-specific measure - none of these serve as the overarching productivity metric in Kanban the way throughput does.

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