Glossary term
What is Cycle time?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Cycle time" means: The elapsed time from when an item starts to when it finishes. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include WIP limit, Kanban, Velocity and Story points. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Cycle time?
The elapsed time from when an item starts to when it finishes.
Where is Cycle time taught?
Cycle time is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which lessons cover Cycle time?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 6.1: Kanban: Show the Work and Limit What Is in Progress
Which terms are related to Cycle time?
Next to Cycle time in the course glossaries: WIP limit, Kanban, Velocity and Story points.
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Cycle time?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.