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Microsoft Learn: Set Work in Progress Limits in Azure Boards

Documents WIP limits as soft column constraints, highlighted exceeded columns, bottleneck detection, item-count snapshots, stale items, throughput, and team-level WIP adjustment practices.

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Kanban board Choose Kanban board when work items progress through shared workflow states and column movement is the primary interaction. Each column represents a workflow state or selected column field value, and moving a card updates the same value shown in details, reports, and automation. Microsoft documents WIP limits as soft constraints with highlighted over-limit columns and bottleneck monitoring.

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