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The arrival curve represents work items entering the process, and the departure curve represents items being completed. If these curves are growing apart, it means that work items are entering the process faster than they are being completed, resulting in increased lead time\u2014the total time it takes for work to move through the entire process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_the_others_are_not_as_correct\"><\/span>Why the others are not as correct<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The backlog is being reprioritized:<\/strong> While reprioritizing the backlog can affect what work gets done, it does not directly cause the distance between the arrival and departure curves on the cumulative flow diagram to grow apart. 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