https://maratkee.com/tags/mcs/Recent content in Mcs on Marat Kiniabulatov | Agile Coach, OKR, PMOHugoen-USTue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://maratkee.com/posts/2025-09-16-monte-carlo-simulation-forecasting-throughput-and-project-timelines/Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://maratkee.com/posts/2025-09-16-monte-carlo-simulation-forecasting-throughput-and-project-timelines/<p><strong>TL;DR: Forecasting team Throughput is super-easy and much more reliable than traditional methods, if you limit your work in Progress. Reliability confirmed by research data.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://maratkee.com/images/image-10.png"><img loading="lazy" src="https://maratkee.com/images/image-10.png"></a></p> <p>We&rsquo;ve already <a href="https://kiniabulatov.com/2025/09/10/throughput-the-flow-metric-for-team-management/">extensively covered Throughput (one of the flow metrics), how to analyze Throughput data from 3 key angles.</a> And why it&rsquo;s better for forecasting than storypoints.</p> <p>Now let&rsquo;s get to essentials and practical questions that our management looooves to ask: &ldquo;When will you guys finish this project of X items&rdquo;?</p>