Done Active Time is the total time items spent in active workflow states across all the items a team or member finished in the period. It's a volume signal — how much active work was actually delivered, in time terms.
What it measures
Sum of active-state durations across every completed item attributed to this member or team in the period.
How Leanmote calculates it
done_active_time = sum(active_time(i)) for items completed in period
where active_time(i) is the total duration item i spent in active workflow states (excluding waiting time).
How to interpret it
Compare to Throughput — many small items vs. fewer large items both can produce similar Done Active Time totals, but they imply different work styles.
Significantly lower than Working Time means a lot of elapsed time was spent waiting, not coding. Pair with Waiting Time to confirm.
Useful for capacity reasoning during quarterly planning — what does a "normal" delivery week look like in active hours?
What to do about it
Treat this as a planning baseline rather than a target. Pushing it higher by overloading the team backfires.
If Done Active Time is climbing while Throughput is falling, items are getting bigger — slice earlier.
Related metrics
Working Time
Waiting Time
Throughput
Cycle Time