[xchaotic]

Yeah, I think the problem the OP overlooked is that most of the cycle time was taken by various internal company processes and these are really not novel every time therefore it takes a similar amount of time to deliver different features. This in my mind is simply called estimation.

[sitkack]

The external clock is going to be some multiple of the internal clock and tasks were piling up behind contended locks. The ferrari and the skateboard make it through rush hour traffic at the same speed.