Book review: Goal

[arjunattam]

https://twitter.com/sajithpai/status/1637708835228995586

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constraints

interested in operational excellence

• different from amp it up /score will take care of itself (https://twitter.com/eglyman/status/1470468707763773444?lang=ca)
• two worlds of this: systems design and coaching

raw notes

• applying to building startups
  • what is throughput for a product org? is it features/tickets?
    • is system of delivery the correct goal/system to focus on?
    • throughput = "insights" into what customers find valuable
      • or a tested hypothesis
  • eliminate external constraints
• general idea of management as a science
• time spent in waiting is more than time spent in processing
• an hour lost at bottleneck is an hour lost in throughput
• style of writing a non-fiction/business book
  • were the personal story bits relevant? yes - analogies
• manual for factorio
• imagine systems as chains - dependent asks with statistic fluctuations
• emphasis on systems thinking, an application of systems thinking
• identification of constraints - 2 people look at different constraints in the system
  • disagreement in prioritisation and strategy
• local efficiency is not helpful - what is an engg manager to optimise for?
• measurements