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Theory of constraints
Every system has one binding constraint. Improving anything else changes nothing.
TypeConcept: an idea the canvas inherits
Cells it touchesFlow
Related entriesHeijunka, Just in time
Sources, and how strong they are
Primary source
Eliyahu Goldratt, The Goal
1984
Goldratt's argument, delivered as a novel: identify the constraint, exploit it, subordinate everything else to it, elevate it, and when it moves, start again. Improvement anywhere other than the constraint is measurable, satisfying, and worthless.
In a mixed human and agent line the constraint has usually moved into the review queue, because the agent step got a hundred times faster and the approval step did not. Much agent ROI disappointment is a constraint nobody re-identified.
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