{"id":22600,"date":"2025-06-30T19:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leanmote.com\/docs\/im-a-manager-team-leader\/performance-delivery\/flow-metrics\/average-age-of-work-in-progress\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:27:00","slug":"average-age-of-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"http:\/\/162-0-235-172.cprapid.com\/es\/docs\/im-a-manager-team-leader\/performance-delivery\/flow-metrics\/average-age-of-work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Average Age of Work in Progress (WIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Average Age of Work in Progress (WIP)<\/strong> metric helps teams understand how long current tasks have been in progress. 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